(v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
(v. i.) To drink largely or luxuriously.
Example Sentences:
(1) One convicted Kenyan poacher who used a spear to kill 70 elephants and cut off their tusks with an axe to sell for £80 a kilo, said he did it because it was “just business.” The demand is not local but comes from south-east Asia, where an increasingly affluent middle class buys ivory that has been carved into trinkets and ornaments , and millionaires quaff ground-down rhino horn in wine as a status symbol .
(2) The London weather might be as chilly as Davos but that is where the similarities end, for while the world's movers and shakers quaff champagne, we make do with coffee and a surprisingly large array of teas.
(3) One of the more memorable acts of depravity involves an initiation process in which blindfolded newbie Alistair Ryle, played by Sam Claflin, has to quaff some wine and guess the vintage.
(4) There will always be someone who’s in a worse state, the one you can label the “real alcoholic” while you quaff nice bottles of wine and remain assured that you’re not yet that bad.
(5) Be warned that it is sort of expert-level , calling for a quaff every time the president says "Let me be clear" and every time Mitt Romney says "entrepreneurs" or "small business."
(6) Also facing the chop could be the BBC-sponsored party hosted by Yentob at the Glastonbury Festival where the wellington-booted guests quaff champagne while stomping around in the mud to sets by famous DJs.