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skol - What does it mean?

Definition of 'skol'

English

Interjection

(en-interj)
  • A drinking-toast; cheers.
  • * 1990 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘A Free Man with a Pipe’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), page 490:
  • Again they notice he has impressed her and again he grows more cheerful, clinking his glass against hers and saying ‘Skol !’

    Verb

  • (AU|slang|transitive) To down (a drink).
  • * 2010 , Penelope Green, When in Rome: Chasing la dolce vita
  • When diners leave a quarter of a carafe full of house wine we put it above the sink to refill for new orders, but often I catch him skolling the remains of whatever he can get his hands on.
  • * 2011 , Richard Plant, Life's a Blur
  • The Aussie skolled his beer, threw the Kiwi into the fireplace, and shot him.
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