as in to sip
to swallow in liquid form
after digging our car out of the snowdrift, we were ready to quaff some hot chocolate
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Recent Examples of quaff
Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The spirits here are clearly the star of the show, but the Vault offers a minimal food service to accompany its quaffs.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
TIME, 14 May 2024
Mead, the honey wine now consumed out of ironic drinking horns and paired with anachronistic vape pens at countless Renaissance fairs, was made and quaffed thousands of years B.C.
—M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Noun
Medium bodied and a little glycerol on the palate, this is a little more structured to go with food, but uncomplicated enough for a simple quaff.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The spirits here are clearly the star of the show, but the Vault offers a minimal food service to accompany its quaffs.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2023
Verb
Prospectors from across North America and Europe quaffed single-malt in upscale Ulan Bator nightspots.
—TIME, 14 May 2024
Mead, the honey wine now consumed out of ironic drinking horns and paired with anachronistic vape pens at countless Renaissance fairs, was made and quaffed thousands of years B.C.
—M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaff
Noun
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To further feed her peppermint craving, Smith pauses for a sip of mint tea, then tops her pout with a coat of Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask in Candy Cane.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Belair had a sip of the energy drink during her entrance at SummerSlam 2022.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Beyond just my daughter, me, and the occasional friend she’s seen drinking from an Owala, Amazon shoppers love the brand, too.Terri Peters, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
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The American Heart Association (AHA) advises against the idea of starting to drink alcohol just to try to prevent heart disease.Peter Burke, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Now revitalized, Madeline confronts Helen, who has also gulped the elixir, and wild smackdowns and realignments follow.Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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With its 33 Raptor engines gulping 40,000 pounds of liquid oxygen and methane fuel per second, the Super Heavy-Starship majestically climbed away to the east over the Gulf of Mexico atop a brilliant plume of white-hot flame and a churning cloud of exhaust.William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Quaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaff. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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