"skol" meaning in English

See skol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /skɒl/ [UK] Audio: en-au-skol.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ɒl Etymology: Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|-}} Danish, {{bor|en|no|-}} Norwegian, {{bor|en|sv|skål}} Swedish skål Head templates: {{en-interj}} skol
  1. (originally and chiefly in Scotland) A drinking-toast; cheers.
    Sense id: en-skol-en-intj-20CxDmdu Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 20 31

Verb

IPA: /skɒl/ [UK] Audio: en-au-skol.ogg [Australia] Forms: skols [present, singular, third-person], skolling [participle, present], skolled [participle, past], skolled [past]
Rhymes: -ɒl Etymology: Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|-}} Danish, {{bor|en|no|-}} Norwegian, {{bor|en|sv|skål}} Swedish skål Head templates: {{en-verb}} skol (third-person singular simple present skols, present participle skolling, simple past and past participle skolled)
  1. (intransitive) To drink a toast; to drink deeply. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-skol-en-verb-dCV2VjoV
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive Synonyms (drink the entire drink): scull, chug, down
    Sense id: en-skol-en-verb-8awraLvK Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of 'drink the entire drink': 18 82

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for skol meaning in English (4.5kB)

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