slurp
verb (used with object)
to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises.
slurps
Example Sentences
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Plants are green because such wavelengths of light help it keep a consistent vacuum on the electromagnetic energy it slurps from the sun.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024
Brian Robb, the overnight race leader, slurps his way through 57 yoghurt tubes, the sort more commonly seen in a child’s lunchbox.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2024
Seated on plastic chairs next to a street food stand tucked in an alleyway, the 47-year-old Haitian slurps orange-colored soup out of a metal bowl next to his 9-year-old son.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
She slurps the coffee, scratches Fionna’s head with electric blue nails and flashes a smile that’s disproportionately large between slim patches of visible cheeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Emily ignored him, drawing the last of her milk through her straw with a series of loud slurps.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
