skoal

[skohl]

interjection

1. (used as a toast in drinking someone's health.)

noun

1. a toast.

verb (used without object)

1. to drink a toast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skoal¹

1590–1600; < Danish skaal, Norwegian, Swedish skål; compare Old Norse skāl bowl

Example Sentences

There’s been one perfect score: Wade Leslie and bull Wolfman Skoal, in 1991 at a Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association event in Washington.

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He was a real cowboy, a rodeo star who had a second career as a spokesman for Skoal smokeless tobacco.

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Tobacco and its Skoal smokeless brand, with the catch-phrase “Just a pinch between your cheek and gum is all it takes” a staple of his 1970s television adds.

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The company brand’s include Parliament and Marlboro cigarettes, Black and Mild cigars and Skoal chewing tobacco.

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Skoal, and likewise prosit, Dr. Fell.

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