slurp

verb

\ˈslərp

slurped; slurping; slurps

Definition of slurp

intransitive verb

: to make a sucking noise while eating or drinking

transitive verb

: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound

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Examples of slurp in a Sentence

He always slurps his soup. his dinner date slurped her soup directly from the bowl

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Join the regulars at communal tables, wordlessly slurping noodle soup from dawn till late morning (pho is a breakfast thing here). — Peter Jon Lindberg, Condé Nast Traveler, "Hanoi, Time and Again," 20 Nov. 2018 In a bid to further cut down on waste, eco-conscious San Francisco is expected to join Seattle in outlawing plastic straws used to suck down Mai Tais and slurp up bubble tea. — Janie Har, The Seattle Times, "San Francisco to consider outlawing plastic straws, stirrers," 24 July 2018 There are tapioca Boba pearls inside, a surprise slurping up my straw. — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Theme-park foods get a little freaky," 3 July 2018 Grab a comfy seat, queue up The Princess Bride, and slurp away. — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, "This Kimchi Tofu Soup Saves Me When My Sinuses Go On the Attack," 14 May 2018 Translation: Ticks are tiny creatures sans backbones that latch onto your body and slurp up your blood like gross, miniscule, multi-legged vampires. — Kate Sheridan, SELF, "Here’s Exactly What to Do if a Tick Bites You," 14 July 2018 To celebrate, the town of Arcata hosts a bivalve bacchanalia each June, usually on Father’s Day, in which revelers slurp down some 100,000 oysters and spend almost $1 million. — Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, "Everything you need to know about the oyster capital of California," 3 July 2018 Now you can get spiked slushies to slurp with the Carolina-style barbecue, in which a whole pig is smoked slowly over hardwood, before its sweet, fatty meat is chopped up and mixed together. — New York Times, "Fun Things to Do This Weekend: Pride, Summer Solstice and Sensory Overload in Brighton Beach," 21 June 2018 The crew of the EV Nautilus used underwater robots equipped with a suction tube to slurp up samples of sediment. — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, "Meteorite search off the Washington coast recovers two small fragments," 3 July 2018

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