quaff

Other forms of quaff

plural

quaffs·

past tense

quaffed·

present participle

quaffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quaff

What does quaff mean?

quaff means "a hearty draft". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quaff?

quaff has 1 syllable: quaff. In IPA it is /ˈkwɑf/.

What is another word for quaff?

Close synonyms include gulp, swig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quaff a common word?

quaff is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with quaff?

1 word rhymes with quaff. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.