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
Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 25 June 2025
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
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
His Pink Squirrel, a blushing ice cream quaff made with almond and cocoa liqueurs, caught on at bars around the country.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 25 June 2025
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
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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Khloé Kardashian celebrated the launch of her White Cheddar Khloud Popcorn with a sip of Starbucks.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Around 3pm, the judges took their first sips.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Food and drink Amada was a standout.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The new ranch comes with a coffee-drinking porch (mandatory), but it is weathered, rustic and needs work.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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This primordial gulp, creating a condition known as endosymbiosis (also thought to be the origin story of mitochondria), is believed to have happened just once.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
4 May 2026
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Jimmy Butler was retained for, gulp, Kyle Lowry and, double-gulp, Terry Rozier.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Quaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaff. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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