Meaning & use
skoal
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An exclamation used as a drinking toast, meaning 'good health.'
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The guests raised their glasses and shouted, 'Skoal!' before the toast.
He lifted his mug and offered a hearty skoal to the newlyweds.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Scandinavian languages (Swedish/Danish 'skål'); used in English mainly in social toasting.
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