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
Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Mark Zuckerberg just fired an entire industry’s worth of fact-checkers, then capped it off by appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience to quaff an entire jar of red pills.
—Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 15 Jan. 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
Here are the standouts for quaffing beers and devouring brats.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
Mark Zuckerberg just fired an entire industry’s worth of fact-checkers, then capped it off by appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience to quaff an entire jar of red pills.
—Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaff
Noun
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The bar program includes cocktails with personal backstories and spice-box flavors, including nonalcoholic sips like the delicate, floral Honey Heist, made with Lyre’s Dry London spirit, cardamom, saffron, honey and ginger.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Hey, to the desperately thirsty, even a sip from a mud puddle tastes good.—
Greg Cote
February 11,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The hanging quickly devolves into an all-out bacchanal, as onlookers drink, dance and kiss in the square surrounding the flailing corpse.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The appeal was lost on holdovers accustomed to drivers rough around the edges, with a Southern drawl, drinking a beer in Victory Lane.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Can his viewer tolerate one big gulp of pure sentimentality after two-plus hours that have largely skirted that tone?—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Nov. 2025
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Even as dusk descended, people lined up to gulp from public fountains (another blessing), to fill their water bottles, or to splash their bare skin.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Quaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaff. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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