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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
slurp
nounFrom the M-W Editors
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
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Parasites, viruses and bacteria from feces can make their way into the watershed and lurk, invisible, until hikers slurp them up.
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VIPS guests were picked up outside Chaumet’s Place Vendome headquarters by a vintage 1936 bus and jerkily driven to a secret location, slurping champagne.
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VIPS guests were picked up outside Chaumet's Place Vendome headquarters by a vintage 1936 bus and jerkily driven to a secret location, slurping champagne.
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En route, a smaller predator, a Great Jagras, ignores Tokuda, attacking one of the resting herbivores instead before slurping its carcass up whole.
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What better way to stay cool than by slurping a dozen oysters on ice?
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Rising with nutrient-rich water from the bottom, brown and rainbow trout cruise shorelines to slurp dead and dying insects from the season's first hatches.
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Most contestants finished the seafood-slurping race with faces glistening with oyster residue.
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As Jaydon slurped down a red ice pop, relatives focused on the boy's safe return and the positive response from the community.
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Origin and Etymology of slurp
Dutch slurpen; akin to Middle Low German slorpen to slurp
SLURP Defined for English Language Learners
slurp
playDefinition of slurp for English Language Learners
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: to eat or drink (something) noisily or with a sucking sound
SLURP Defined for Kids
Definition of slurp for Students
slurped
;slurping
: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
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