quaff
verb /kwɒf/
/kwæf/, /kwɑːf/
(old-fashioned or literary)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quaff | /kwɒf/ /kwæf/, /kwɑːf/ |
he / she / it quaffs | /kwɒfs/ /kwæfs/, /kwɑːfs/ |
past simple quaffed | /kwɒft/ /kwæft/, /kwɑːft/ |
past participle quaffed | /kwɒft/ /kwæft/, /kwɑːft/ |
-ing form quaffing | /ˈkwɒfɪŋ/ /ˈkwæfɪŋ/, /ˈkwɑːfɪŋ/ |
- quaff something to drink a large amount of something quickly
- They spent the evening quaffing champagne.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuaff is used with these nouns as the object:- champagne
Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably imitative of the sound of drinking.