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Definition of quaff verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. quaff something to drink a large amount of something quickly
    • He watched the other customers quaffing tea and chatting.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuaff is used with these nouns as the object:
    • champagne
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 16th cent.: probably imitative of the sound of drinking.
See quaff in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
brink
noun
 
 
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