slurp

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verb (used with object)
  1. to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises: He slurped his coffee.

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.

Origin of slurp

1
First recorded in 1640–50, slurp is from the Dutch word slurpen (v.)

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British Dictionary definitions for slurp

slurp

/ (slɜːp) informal /


verb
  1. to eat or drink (something) noisily

noun
  1. a sound produced in this way

Origin of slurp

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C17: from Middle Dutch slorpen to sip; related to German schlürfen

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