Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quaff \Quaff\, v. i.
To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And
quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. --Dryden.
Quaff \Quaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Quaffing}.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking
cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. {Quaigh}.]
To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in
large draughts. ``Quaffed off the muscadel.'' --Shak.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff
immortality and joy. --Milton.
Source : WordNet®
quaff
n : a hearty draft
v : to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men
gulped down their beers" [syn: {gulp}, {swig}]