skoal

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skoal

/skɒl/ UK
/skəʊl/ UK
/skoʊl/ US
/skɑl/ US

Where it comes from

From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".

interjection

A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.

verb skoals · skoaling · skoaled

To make such a toast. With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.

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@misc{skoal_2026,
  title = {skoal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skoal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}