Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Interjection
- 1.4 Verb
- 1.4.1 Alternative forms
- 1.4.2 Synonyms
- 1.5 Anagrams
- 2 Breton
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Noun
- 2.3.1 Derived terms
- 3 Cornish
- 3.1 Alternative forms
- 3.2 Etymology
- 3.3 Pronunciation
- 3.4 Noun
- 4 Dalmatian
- 4.1 Alternative forms
- 4.2 Etymology
- 4.3 Noun
- 4.4 References
- 5 Papiamentu
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Noun
- 6 Polish
- 6.1 Pronunciation
- 6.2 Verb
English
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skål.
Pronunciation
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Interjection
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skol
- (originally and chiefly in Scotland) A drinking-toast; cheers.
1990, Alasdair Gray, “A Free Man with a Pipe”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 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
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skol (third-person singular simple present skols, present participle skolling, simple past and past participle skolled)
- (intransitive) To drink a toast; to drink deeply.
- 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 27 March:
- 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.
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.
Alternative forms
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- (drink the entire drink): scull
Synonyms
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Breton
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Noun
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skolf
Derived terms
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Cornish
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skolf (plural skolyow)
Dalmatian
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Alternative forms
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Etymology
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
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skolf
References
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- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
Papiamentu
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Noun
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skol
Polish
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Verb
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skol
- (rare) second-person singular imperative of skłuć
- Synonym: skłuj
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