Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to quaff
Participle: quaffed
Gerund: quaffing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | quaff |
| you | quaff |
| he;she;it | quaffs |
| we | quaff |
| you | quaff |
| they | quaff |
Perfect
| I | have quaffed |
| you | have quaffed |
| he;she;it | has quaffed |
| we | have quaffed |
| you | have quaffed |
| they | have quaffed |
Past
| I | quaffed |
| you | quaffed |
| he;she;it | quaffed |
| we | quaffed |
| you | quaffed |
| they | quaffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quaffed |
| you | had quaffed |
| he;she;it | had quaffed |
| we | had quaffed |
| you | had quaffed |
| they | had quaffed |
Future
| I | will quaff |
| you | will quaff |
| he;she;it | will quaff |
| we | will quaff |
| you | will quaff |
| they | will quaff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have quaffed |
| you | will have quaffed |
| he;she;it | will have quaffed |
| we | will have quaffed |
| you | will have quaffed |
| they | will have quaffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | quaff |
| you | quaff |
| he;she;it | quaff |
| we | quaff |
| you | quaff |
| they | quaff |
Perfect
| I | have quaffed |
| you | have quaffed |
| he;she;it | have quaffed |
| we | have quaffed |
| you | have quaffed |
| they | have quaffed |
Imperfect
| I | quaffed |
| you | quaffed |
| he;she;it | quaffed |
| we | quaffed |
| you | quaffed |
| they | quaffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had quaffed |
| you | had quaffed |
| he;she;it | had quaffed |
| we | had quaffed |
| you | had quaffed |
| they | had quaffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would quaff |
| you | would quaff |
| he;she;it | would quaff |
| we | would quaff |
| you | would quaff |
| they | would quaff |
Perfect
| I | would have quaffed |
| you | would have quaffed |
| he;she;it | would have quaffed |
| we | would have quaffed |
| you | would have quaffed |
| they | would have quaffed |
Imperative
| you | quaff |
| we | Let's quaff |
| you | quaff |
Verbs conjugated like 'quaff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'quaff'
quiff,
baff,
buff,
chaff,
cuff,
daff,
duff,
faff,
fuff,
gaff,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1520 (implied in quaffer), perhaps onomatopoeic, or perhaps from Low Ger. quassen "to overindulge (in food and drink)," with -ss- misread as -ff-. The noun is from 1579.
2. Uncertain. Suggestions include connection with Old Irish cuäch (“cup, goblet, bowl; cauldron, large vessel; bowl, cup”) (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb.
Sample Sentences
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I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!
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Please ye we may contrive this afternoon, / And quaff carouses to our mistress' health [c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:]
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They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
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Quaff immortality and joy […] [1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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Sometimes the memory of her peaceful life at Florence obtruded itself upon her, and more than that, her charitable occupations when she attended the sick in that city, and whence, as from a rough-hewn chalice containing nectarian drink, she had quaffed happiness. [1823, Mary Shelley, Valperga:]
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Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore! [1845 February, — Quarles [pseudonym; Edgar Allan Poe], “The Raven”, in The American Review, volume I, number II, New York, N.Y.; London: Wiley & Putnam, […], →OCLC:]
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Even while quaffing the third draught of the Fountain of Youth, they were almost awed by the expression of his mysterious visage. [1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment:]
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Bannon was padding around the room in a black blazer over two collared shirts, quaffing a can of Pocari Sweat, a popular Japanese energy drink. [2017 December 21, Gabriel Sherman, ““I Have Power”: Is Steve Bannon Running for President?”, in Vanity Fair:]
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If you're of a mind, the work can be observed while quaffing a pint in the Rat Race pub in the old station buildings on the existing platform. [2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:]