slurp

verb \ ˈslərp \

|Updated on: 23 Jun 2018

Examples: slurp in a Sentence

Definition of slurp

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

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slurp

noun

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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

Recent Examples of slurp from the Web

Want to sail with Japanese sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa, slurp oysters in a medieval Croatian village, or learn truffle making in Estonia?

— veronica stoddart, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Cruise (Hint: the Food)," 12 June 2018
Noodle Art: Envisioned as a Japanese ramen house, it’s set away from the hubbub of Monroe Market’s main room and offers sit-down service for diners to slurp away at 38-ounce bowls of noodles.

— erin podolsky, Detroit Free Press, "Monroe Market brings big-city food hall to Greektown Casino-Hotel," 28 Apr. 2018
Creamsicle Bring back memories of childhood summers spent slurping down orange Creamsicles with this pleasant spray that comes with adorable, free printable bottle labels. 4.

— alexandra mitchell, Country Living, "8 DIY Ways to Make Your Home Smell Like Spring All Year Long," 11 May 2015
Prosecutors Amity Girt and Amanda Nadell also hypothesized that the toddler might have slurped down a Capri Sun that her father had laced with a mix of drugs.

— aimee green, OregonLive.com, "Jury finds Portland dad guilty of murdering 1-year-old daughter," 5 June 2018
About 4,000 south Louisiana oysters were prepared for the event as servers handed tray after tray of a dozen oysters each to competitive eaters, who bent over the table to slurp them down.

— chris granger, NOLA.com, "Could you eat 480 oysters in 8 minutes? The World Oyster Eating champion did: See photos," 3 June 2018
This quaint coastal hub has more to offer than oysters and lighthouses—though visitors should absolutely slurp the former (Eventide Oyster Co. serves 12 local varieties) and Instagram the latter (Portland Head Light is postcard perfect).

— mackenzie schmidt, PEOPLE.com, "The 10 Hottest Foodie Cities in America—and Everything to Eat When You Get There," 30 May 2018
Before gaining their mitochondria, the evidence now suggests, our ancestors were microbes that survived by slurping some kind of molecular debris from their surroundings.

— carl zimmer, STAT, "Shot through with microbes: How our bodies adapt to a hidden world of bacteria," 30 May 2018
Although ramen is all the rage, some of it is better than others, and few hold a candle to the stuff Japanese workers are slurping from stand-up stalls on a weekly (if not daily) basis.

— courtney dabney, star-telegram, "Piranha kills it with ramen, too, in an inviting, remodeled space in Arlington | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 16 Mar. 2018

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