quaff

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quaff /kwɒf, kwɑːf $ kwɑːf, kwæf/ verb [transitive] literary  DFDto drink a lot of something quickly 痛饮，狂饮 SYN knock back Wedding guests quaffed champagne. 婚礼上宾客开怀畅饮香槟酒。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

quaff• A score of Brother witnesses sat on elevated thrones quaffing from other such steins, brought by Servitors.• The people we asked didn't much fancy the idea of eating lasagne and quaffing Lambrusco in an old lavatory.• The chauffeurs don hats and quaff their drinks in one.

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quaff
quaff /kwɒf, kwɑːf $ kwɑːf, kwæf/ verb [transitive] literary
to drink a lot of something quickly
   SYN  knock back:
    Wedding guests quaffed champagne.

quaffBrE /kwɒf/ 🔊NAmE /kwæf/ 🔊, /kwɑːf/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they quaff BrE /kwɒf/ 🔊 NAmE /kwæf/ 🔊, /kwɑːf/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it quaffs BrE /kwɒfs/ 🔊 NAmE /kwæfs/ 🔊, /kwɑːfs/ 🔊past simple quaffed BrE /kwɒft/ 🔊 NAmE /kwæft/ 🔊, /kwɑːft/ 🔊past participle quaffed BrE /kwɒft/ 🔊 NAmE /kwæft/ 🔊, /kwɑːft/ 🔊 -ing form quaffing BrE /ˈkwɒfɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkwæfɪŋ/ 🔊, /ˈkwɑːfɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (old-fashioned or literary) to drink a large amount of sth quickly 豪饮；痛饮；开怀畅饮