slurp

SaySLURPUS/slɝp/UK/slɜːp/

Verbslurps, slurping, slurped

Noun pluralslurps

4 meanings of slurp

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1
verbtransitive
To eat or drink something noisily, with an audible sucking sound.
He slurped his coffee between sentences during the meeting.
Children often slurp their soup without realizing how loud it is.
2
nouncountable
A loud noise caused by sucking, often heard when someone eats or drinks.
Each slurp from his straw drew annoyed glances across the cafe.
The chef took the loud slurp as a compliment from his guests.
Similargurgle, suck
3
verbintransitive
To make a noisy sucking sound, as water going down a drain does.
The drain slurped noisily as the last of the bathwater swirled away.
Thick boots slurp loudly across the marsh with every step.
Similargurgle, squelch, suck
4
nouncountable
A mouthful of liquid sucked up at once.
A single slurp of the broth told her it needed more salt.
He stole a slurp from her soda while she wasn't looking.
Similarmouthful, sip, gulp, swig

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Origin

From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen ('to sip, slurp'), going back through Old Dutch and Proto-West Germanic *slurp-, perhaps ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *srebʰ- ('to sip, gulp'). It is related to German schlürfen and Swedish slurpa, and in modern writing it is often treated as onomatopoeic.