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quaffer

quaffer

9.8
A person who drinks a lot of alcohol and enjoys it
  • noun
  • /ˈkwɑːfər/
  • Archaic
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  • During the celebration, many guests turned into quaffers, enjoying champagne and cocktails all night.

Examples

  • Canada and Mexico's 1996 figures are estimated based on flint-third quaffer statistics.

    Academic text (1997)

  • I went with the Elderflower Spritz, which I found to be a great summer quaffer: fruity and floral in essence, with a lively carbonation.

    Blog text (9)

  • At the party, John was quite the quaffer, finishing off several beers with enthusiasm.

  • She is known as a real quaffer at the pub, always eager to try every new craft beer on tap.

Synonyms

drinker
vsquaffer
83 1.8

A person who often drinks alcohol

drinks with strong enjoyment rather than merely by habit
guzzler
vsquaffer
  • Informal
1 7.7

A person who drinks large amounts of alcohol very quickly

drinks with enjoyment rather than from greed or haste
imbiber
vsquaffer
1 8.4

A person who drinks alcohol a lot

drinks with lively enjoyment rather than merely large quantity
swiller
vsquaffer
  • Offensive
1 8.6

A person who drinks too much alcohol

drinks heartily with pleasure rather than in a crude greedy way
two-fisted drinker
vsquaffer
  • Slang
9.3

A person who drinks a lot of alcohol quickly

drinks heartily with enthusiasm rather than mainly by speed

How Much

drunkard
17 5.5
quaffer
  • Archaic
9.8
drinker
83 1.8
teetotaler
  • US
5 7.5

Surface Forms

quaffer singular
quaffers plural

Morphology

quaffer = quaff (transparent) = quaff + er

Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the verb 'quaff', so the meaning 'one who quaffs' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Quaffer comes from the verb quaff, an old sound-word that meant 'to drink deeply', like the everyday word gulp, so a quaffer is simply someone who drinks heartily.