slurp
verb
ˈslərp 
slurped; slurping; slurps
intransitive verb
: to make a sucking noise while eating or drinking
transitive verb
: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
slurp noun
Synonyms
- belt (down)
- drink
- gulp
- guzzle
- hoist
- imbibe
- knock back
- pound (down)
- quaff
- sip
- slug (down)
- sup
- swig
- swill
- toss (down or off)
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Example Sentences
He always slurps his soup. the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal
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Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022 Go ahead and pick up the bowl to slurp that last sip of the intoxicating elixir. Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 17 May 2022 From tofu to mushy vegetables, Doña will slurp it all down with her straw. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2022 The primary federal law governing the type and amount of student data that companies can slurp up is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 Then comes the captain’s dinner, which plays like a Monty Python sketch, as the guests try to slurp oysters while a storm rocks the boat. Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022 The true customer of Big Slushie isn’t you, the slurper, but the C-stores who would tempt you to slurp. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022 These fans slurp air from beneath the car and spit it out of central rear exhaust vents, with McMurtry claiming the fans can provide about 4400 pounds of downforce at a standstill. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022 Kendall, who pretends to slurp up ironic subversion, insists on appearing as a guest on the show, but this bluff naturally ends in his own humiliation. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022 See More
Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022 Go ahead and pick up the bowl to slurp that last sip of the intoxicating elixir. Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 17 May 2022 From tofu to mushy vegetables, Doña will slurp it all down with her straw. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2022 The primary federal law governing the type and amount of student data that companies can slurp up is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 Then comes the captain’s dinner, which plays like a Monty Python sketch, as the guests try to slurp oysters while a storm rocks the boat. Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022 The true customer of Big Slushie isn’t you, the slurper, but the C-stores who would tempt you to slurp. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022 These fans slurp air from beneath the car and spit it out of central rear exhaust vents, with McMurtry claiming the fans can provide about 4400 pounds of downforce at a standstill. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 27 June 2022 Kendall, who pretends to slurp up ironic subversion, insists on appearing as a guest on the show, but this bluff naturally ends in his own humiliation. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Dutch slurpen; akin to Middle Low German slorpen to slurp
First Known Use
1648, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Kids Definition
slurp 1 of 2
verb
ˈslərp
slurped; slurping
: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
slurp
2 of 2noun
: a sucking sound made while eating and drinking
slurping
verb
as in sipping
to swallow in liquid form the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- sipping
- gulping
- drinking
- licking
- guzzling
- sucking
- swigging
- swilling
- supping
- quaffing
- imbibing
- hoisting
- knocking back
- consuming
- lapping
- tossing (down or off)
- slugging (down)
- pounding (down)
- tippling
- belting (down)
- downing
- toasting
- wining
- ingurgitating
- putting away
- killing
- nipping
- mouthing (down)
- pledging