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quaff

  [kwof, kwaf, kwawf]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
–verb (used with object)
2. to drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale.
–noun
3. an act or instance of quaffing.
4. a beverage quaffed.
Origin:
1515–25; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
quaffer, noun

Synonyms:
1. swallow, gulp, swig, guzzle.
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quaff   (kwŏf, kwāf, kwôf)   
v.   quaffed, quaff·ing, quaffs

v.   tr.
To drink (a beverage) heartily: quaffed the ale with gusto.
v.   intr.
To drink a liquid heartily: quaffed from the spring.
n.  A hearty draft of liquid.

[Origin unknown.]
quaff'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

quaff  (v.)
1520 (implied in quaffer), perhaps onomatopoeic, or perhaps from Low Ger. quassen "to overindulge (in food and drink)," with -ss- misread as -ff-. The noun is from 1579.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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