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

Examples of slurp in a Sentence

He always slurps his soup. the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal
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Flesh-eating servants scurry to slurp the blood spilling below. Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 This LifeStraw can screw onto a plastic water bottle or be used as a straw to slurp up water from basically anywhere. Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 3 Dec. 2024 Total Time: 35 Minutes Get The Recipe 60 of 62 Cheesy Lasagna Soup Pasta-loving families will slurp this cheesy, comforting soup right up. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024 Stop slurping your sugar Avoid liquid sugar, Schmidt said. Andrea Kane, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slurp 

Word History

Etymology

Dutch slurpen; akin to Middle Low German slorpen to slurp

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of slurp was in 1648

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Cite this Entry

“Slurp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slurp. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

slurp

verb
: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
slurp noun

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