Word of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2011
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quaff \KWOFF; KWAFF\, intransitive verb:
quaff \KWOFF; KWAFF\, intransitive verb:
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1. To drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
1. To drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
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transitive verb:
transitive verb:
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1. To drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily
noun:1. An act or instance of quaffing.
noun:1. An act or instance of quaffing.
2. A beverage quaffed.
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I expect the B.O. will quaff a few adult beverages this weekend while he is taking in the sights down in Brazil - I guess he felt that Brazil was the safest place to take his family for an outing; meanwhile, the rest of the world is falling apart!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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He gets drunk with his guides, makes eyes at the girls and gamely quaffs snake wine.-- Pico Iyer, "Snake Wine and Socialism", New York Times, December 15, 1991
He gets drunk with his guides, makes eyes at the girls and gamely quaffs snake wine.-- Pico Iyer, "Snake Wine and Socialism", New York Times, December 15, 1991
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If you were patient and kept your nose clean, you could slowly, almost effortlessly, rise from serf to squire and maybe even all the way to knight, in which case you, too, would be entitled to quaff bowl-size martinis at midday.-- Charles McGrath, "Office Romance", New York Times Magazine, March 5, 2000
If you were patient and kept your nose clean, you could slowly, almost effortlessly, rise from serf to squire and maybe even all the way to knight, in which case you, too, would be entitled to quaff bowl-size martinis at midday.-- Charles McGrath, "Office Romance", New York Times Magazine, March 5, 2000
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Instead they consume caviar, feed off foie gras, chomp exotic cheeses, and quaff champagne.-- "Internet Shopper", Times (London), August 11, 2000
Instead they consume caviar, feed off foie gras, chomp exotic cheeses, and quaff champagne.-- "Internet Shopper", Times (London), August 11, 2000
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Quaff is of unknown origin.
Quaff is of unknown origin.
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