quaff
pronunciation
How to pronounce quaff in British English:
UK [kwɒf]
How to pronounce quaff in American English:
US [kwæf]
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- Noun:
- a hearty draft
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- Verb:
- to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
Word Origin
- quaff (v.)
- 1510s (implied in quaffer), perhaps imitative, or perhaps from Low German quassen "to overindulge (in food and drink)," with -ss- misread as -ff-. Related: Quaffed; quaffing. The noun is attested by 1570s, from the verb.
Example
- 1. Saying to pour quaff of one cannikin liquor .
- 2. China is the world 's fifth biggest wine market : drinkers will quaff 2bn bottles this year , about a third more than in the uk , industry watchers estimate .
- 3. Since restaurant owners cannot count on some other customers to quaff the rest of the bottle before the beverage sours , charging for the bottle is the only sensible thing to do .
- 4. You want to quaff ?
- 5. A man comes to bar , wanted a bottle of liquor , quaff , laughed subsequently sufficient have 3 minutes .