quaffing
Taking hearty swallows
Quaffing is drinking heartily or enthusiastically, usually in deep draughts rather than sips.
The word suggests enjoyment and gusto: quaffing ale at the tavern, quaffing champagne after the victory.
It appears most often with alcoholic beverages and carries a slightly literary or old-fashioned flavor.
Hasty, large swallow
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
- cheersCasual toast or farewell
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- carousalBoisterous drinking spree
- merrimentLighthearted fun together
banquet · feast · celebration · conviviality · joviality · wassail · tavern · merrymaking
Extremely dry or thirsty
- quenchSatisfy or extinguish
- drynessAbsence of moisture
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- thirstinessNeed for fluid intake
dehydration · longing · eagerness · refreshing · satisfying · cooling · relief
gulp
Hasty, large swallow
guzzle · sip · slurp · swallow · down · drain · tipple · sup · draft · draught
toast
Heated bread; glass-raising honor
merriment · banquet · feast · celebration · conviviality · joviality · wassail · tavern · merrymaking · carouse
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
thirstiness · dehydration · longing · eagerness · refreshing · satisfying · cooling · relief