A Toast

1. (uncountable) Toasted bread.
2. (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
3. (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
4. (slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
5. (slang, Jamaican) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
6. (computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational pop-up window.

Usage notesEdit

The slang sense of something or someone subject to impending destruction is most commonly found predicatively in the combination be (or become) toast.