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slurp (slʉrp)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Slang to drink or eat noisily

Etymology: Du slurpen, to sip, lap, akin to Ger schlürfen; prob. ult. < IE echoic base *serbh-, to slurp > L sorbere, to suck in

noun

Slang a loud sipping or sucking sound

slurp Usage Examples

Followed by a transitive particle

  • down: Instantly a carp rose from behind the bar and slurped down the first mixer it came to, followed by another one and another.
  • up: Everyone, innocently munching their salad or slurping up spaghetti is potentially a character in our impromptu mystery play.

Object

  • noise: She's going to get some lovely slurping noises in this.
  • noodle: The quiet couples slurping noodles after dark on verandas will become rioting, spitting, drug- taking delinquents.
  • file: The value 0777 will cause Perl to slurp files whole because there is no legal byte with that value.
  • coffee: Highlights may include me trying and failing to discreetly slurp some coffee before it's my turn to speak again.
  • tea: I went off and devoured whatever food came by and slurped tea incessantly.
  • drink: The prince slowly slurped the drink of the gods, licking his lips to extract the full flavor.

Modifying Another Word

  • happily: Here we sat, happily slurping our free pints of Guinness.
  • away: Greedily, it began to feed on Kai's swollen belly, slurping away with great relish.
  • not: Pinkie out, slip not slurp:- ) These are the memories that makes me feel like a Brit today.
  • n't: I bet our competitors are n't slurping coffee until this time.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: If they start slurping down your biscuits, wait a couple a minutes and then put a few more out.
  • up: Will slurp up of the air is to provide issues were not.
  • out: By Alastair Campbell I bumped into David Cameron recently and immediately experienced the charm that currently has our media slurping out of his hands.

Browse dictionary entries near slurp

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  3. slunk
  4. slung shot
  5. slung
  6. slump
  7. slumlord
  8. slumgullion
  9. slumberous
  10. slumber party
  1. slurry
  2. slush
  3. slush fund
  4. slush pile
  5. slut
  6. sly
  7. slyboots
  8. slyly
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  10. smack