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
Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 19 June 2025
Nonalcoholic quaffs including beers and zero-proof cocktails are also available.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
At Oktoberfest, you must be seated to quaff your ale, so start table scouting early.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
For the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers, running in place signified another berth in the Stanley Cup Final and, for Florida, another deep quaff of champagne from that coveted chalice.
—Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 19 June 2025
Nonalcoholic quaffs including beers and zero-proof cocktails are also available.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
The pair also famously visited The Plough at Cadsden in Buckinghamshire, a pub near Chequers, the country residence of British prime ministers, where Xi quaffed a pint of Greene King IPA (Indian Pale Ale).
—Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
At Oktoberfest, you must be seated to quaff your ale, so start table scouting early.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaff
Noun
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Light bites came courtesy of charcuterie stations and passed hors d'oeuvres like sips of tomato gazpacho.—
Kaitlin Menza,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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Drinking small sips of fluids instead of chugging helps your body absorb them more effectively.—
Brandi Jones,
Verywell Health,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One night, at a house party, John and I ended up in the back yard, drinking beer.—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026
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Younger consumers are drinking more deliberately, agreed Caroline Begley, vice president of marketing for Pernod Ricard USA in New York City.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But in 2019, the group started to tighten the energy efficiency standard in gulps.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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Iraqis breathed a few gulps of freedom before secular warfare between Sunni and Shia militias began tearing the country apart.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Quaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaff. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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