skol

intj

1. A drinking-toast; cheers.

   “Again they notice he has impressed her and again he grows more cheerful, clinking his glass against hers and saying ‘Skol!’”

2. A cheer to proclaim support for the Minnesota Vikings.

verb

1. (intransitive)To drink a toast; to drink deeply.

   “Many bottle of dubious gin and whiskey—with much “skoling”—Emil flashing a fat payroll—and treating three or four still more dubious “merry andrews” who had invited themselves to our noisy nook.”

2. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang, transitive)To drink the entire contents of a drinking vessel without pausing.

   “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.”

   “The Aussie skolled his beer, threw the Kiwi into the fireplace, and shot him.”