slurp

American  

[slurp] / slɜrp /

verb (used with object)

1. to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises.

   He slurped his coffee.

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verb (used without object)

1. to make loud sucking noises while eating or drinking.

   to slurp when eating soup.

noun

1. an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound.

   He finished his milk in about three slurps.

2. any lapping or splashing sound.

   the slurp of the waves against the hull.

slurp British  

/ slɜːp /

verb

1. to eat or drink (something) noisily

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noun

1. a sound produced in this way

Etymology

Origin of slurp

First recorded in 1640–50, slurp is from the Dutch word slurpen (v.)

Example Sentences

She slurps spaghetti one noodle at a time and tears garlic bread into a million tiny pieces.

From Literature

“I wish my sister were here,” Danny said, slurping up the shortest noodles.

From Literature

So we took the King of Slobberville and headed out, and we walked for quite a way with Rufus’s panting and slurping being the only sounds any of our mouths were making.

From Literature

He stays gruff, of course, but you sense that Ray is as manacled by his authoritarian role as Colin literally is in his hungry, slurping devotion to his master.

From Los Angeles Times

When it found the milk it plunged its head into the bowl and began slurping.

From Literature

Related Words

• absorb
• devour
• drink
• eat
• gobble
• gulp
• ingest
• inhale
• wash down