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Noun [English]

IPA: /kwɒf/ [UK], /kwɑf/ [US], /kwɔf/ [US], /kwæf/ [dated], /kwɑːf/ [dated] Audio: en-us-quaff.ogg Forms: quaffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|sga|cuäch|t=cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup}} Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”), {{cog|sco|quaich}} Scots quaich Head templates: {{en-noun}} quaff (plural quaffs)
  1. The act of quaffing; a deep draught. Synonyms: chug, gulp, swig
    Sense id: en-quaff-en-noun-Lh9FDnLD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} quaff
  1. Misspelling of coif. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: coif
    Sense id: en-quaff-en-noun-QJ2gnCi5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /kwɒf/ [UK], /kwɑf/ [US], /kwɔf/ [US], /kwæf/ [dated], /kwɑːf/ [dated] Audio: en-us-quaff.ogg Forms: quaffs [present, singular, third-person], quaffing [participle, present], quaffed [participle, past], quaffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|sga|cuäch|t=cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup}} Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”), {{cog|sco|quaich}} Scots quaich Head templates: {{en-verb}} quaff (third-person singular simple present quaffs, present participle quaffing, simple past and past participle quaffed)
  1. To drink or imbibe with vigour or relish; to drink copiously; to swallow in large draughts. Translations (to drink or imbibe): пия на големи глътки (pija na golemi glǎtki) (Bulgarian), 豪饮 (Chinese Mandarin), vypít [perfective] (Czech), obrátit do sebe [perfective] (Czech), lokat [imperfective] (Czech), vyžunknout [perfective] (Czech), vyzunknout [imperfective] (Czech), vyžahnout [perfective] (Czech), trinkegi (Esperanto), lamper (French), vider à longs traits (French), სმა (sma) (Georgian), დიდი ყლუპებით სმა (didi q̇luṗebit sma) (Georgian), runterkippen (German), го́лта (gólta) (Macedonian), tragar (Portuguese), загла́тывать (zaglátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), глота́ть (glotátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пить за́лпом (pitʹ zálpom) [imperfective] (Russian), глотну́ть (glotnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), пивну́ть (pivnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), хлебну́ть (xlebnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), осуши́ть за́лпом (osušítʹ zálpom) [perfective] (Russian), पिबति (pibati) (Sanskrit), sguab às (Scottish Gaelic), lagukin (Tagalog), içmek (Turkish), kanmak (Turkish), kana kana içmek (Turkish), זויפֿן (zoyfn) (Yiddish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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