What's the action of banging two beers together called? [closed]

When beers in cans or bottles are banged together in rejoice of the company you're with, what is the action called?


Solution 1:

They clinked their bottles. From thefreedictionary:

clink - make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"

Less commonly, they chinked bottles. All variants are often followed by the word together.

Because cans don't really make quite the same sound, I might say clunked or clonked or clanked instead if cans were involved. Those vowels suggest a somewhat lower note when struck together.

EDIT: clanked borrowed from @cynthia-hartwig's deleted answer. Can't think of everything!

Solution 2:

"They clanked beers" or "They clanked their tankards," along with the following toast:

For every wound, a balm.

For every sorrow, cheer.

For every storm, a calm.

For every thirst, a beer.

Solution 3:

A cheers: "a drinking toast,"

or

a toast: "The act of raising a glass and drinking in honor of or to the health of a person or thing."