slurp
slurp
Definition
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
- slurb
- slur
- slunk
- slung shot
- slung
- slump
- slumlord
- slumgullion
- slumberous
- slumber party
- slurry
- slush
- slush fund
- slush pile
- slut
- sly
- slyboots
- slyly
- Sm
- smack
