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"roman": "xlebnútʹ",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "хлебну́ть"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osušítʹ zálpom",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "осуши́ть за́лпом"
},
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "pibati",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "पिबति"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "sguab às"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "içmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "kanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "kana kana içmek"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zoyfn",
"sense": "to drink or imbibe",
"word": "זויפֿן"
}
],
"word": "quaff"
}
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"Requests for review of Arabic translations",
"Requests for review of Italian translations",
"Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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"The act of quaffing; a deep draught."
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"ipa": "/kwɒf/",
"tags": [
"UK"
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"ipa": "/kwɑf/",
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"US"
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},
{
"ipa": "/kwɔf/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kwæf/",
"tags": [
"dated"
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},
{
"ipa": "/kwɑːf/",
"tags": [
"dated"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒf"
},
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"homophone": "coif (pronunciation as /kwɑf/)"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/En-us-quaff.ogg/En-us-quaff.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/En-us-quaff.ogg",
"tags": [
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{
"word": "chug"
},
{
"word": "gulp"
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{
"word": "swig"
}
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"word": "quaff"
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"word": "coif"
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{
"ref": "1953 July, Theodore Sturgeon, “The World Well Lost”, in Universe Science Fiction, number 1, page 16; reprinted as “The World Well Lost”, in Thomas N. Scortia, editor, Strange Bedfellows: Sex and Science Fiction, New York: Random House, Inc, 1972, →OCLC, page 56",
"text": "There were loverbird songs and loverbird trinkets, loverbird hats and pins, bangles and baubles, coins and quaffs and tidbits.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 19, Sarah Romanowski, “status update”, in Twitter",
"text": "I'm actually gonna miss @sreizis and seeing him and his perfectly groomed quaff everyday in every class.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 January 19, Ryan Arciero, “Miley Cyrus new hair: Bowl cut a fresh style for singer, mixed reactions so far”, in Examiner.com",
"text": "The Miley Cyrus new hair photos reveal the former Hannah Montana star sporting a bowl cut of sorts that isn’t receiving all good news at this point. Cyrus revealed her new quaff this Tuesday with friends while relaxing outside a local Los Angeles recording studio.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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