Nowadays, quaff has an old-fashioned, literary sound to it. For more contemporary words that suggest drinking a lot of something, especially in big gulps and in large quantity, you might try …

Artists used to come and paint it, and there are one or two good inns on the banks where one could quaff one's ale in the summer.

QUAFF definition: to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment. See examples of quaff used in a sentence.

Dec 14, 2025 · quaff (third-person singular simple present quaffs, present participle quaffing, simple past and past participle quaffed) I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could …

To quaff is to gulp. You’re in a desert; you haven’t had water in days; you’re wicked thirsty. Then you find an oasis! You lean over and quaff the water.

Quaff definition: To drink (a beverage) heartily.

Definition of quaff verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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quaff in British English (kwɒf , kwɑːf ) verb to drink heartily or in one draught

We stopped at a bar and quaffed a few beers.