To
toast, cheers, or touch glasses of any type of alcohol together with your drinking partner(
s) in the spirit of goodwill, health, luck, or congratulations.
In many cultures, it'
s considered to be good luck to make eye contact when doing so (and bad luck not to).
Some
people also follow a tradition of tapping the bar with the glass after clicking glasses (and before drinking) to express fondness for the business/bar and the people who work there.
A few examples of what'
s said during the clinking of glasses; each culture/group has their own:
- Cheers!
- Salud!
- Tchin Tchin!
- Slainte
-
May the best of your yesterdays be the worst of your tomorrows.
- Sweethearts and wives (
may they never meet)