"quaff" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Quaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quaffing}.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking
cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. {Quaigh}.]
To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in
large draughts. ``Quaffed off the muscadel.'' --Shak.

      They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff
      immortality and joy.                     --Milton.

\Quaff\, v. i.
To drink largely or luxuriously.

      Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And
      quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. --Dryden.