Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.
Meanings
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!’ 1990, Alasdair Gray, “A Free Man with a Pipe”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 490:
(qualifier:among Minnesota Vikings fans) A cheer to proclaim support for the Minnesota Vikings.
Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.
Meanings
(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. 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 27 March
(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. 2010, Penelope Green, When in Rome: Chasing la dolce vita:
The Aussie skolled his beer, threw the Kiwi into the fireplace, and shot him. 2011, Richard Plant, Life's a Blur:
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skolling
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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skoled
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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skoled
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skoling
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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scull
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skolled
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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skolled
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skols
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
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Synonyms
chug (drink the entire drink) · down (drink the entire drink)