as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal
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Recent Examples of slurped
One was eating sour cream and shredded cheddar for breakfast until a dog slurped it off her plate.
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Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Wilkie grabbed his shucking knife, popped one open and slurped down the silky meat inside.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
This means that my sons have slurped spaghetti in Rome and ridden camels in Egypt but have never known the juicy joy of a pan chicken dinner on Eglinton Avenue West.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Wilkie grabbed his shucking knife, popped one open and slurped down the silky meat inside.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
This means that my sons have slurped spaghetti in Rome and ridden camels in Egypt but have never known the juicy joy of a pan chicken dinner on Eglinton Avenue West.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurped
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But when the woman went to the bathroom, Valentin removed a small sandwich bag from his pocket and poured a powdered substance into his date’s drink, mixed it around, and either sipped or blew on it, according to court records describing the surveillance footage.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere, Song Sung Blue best actress nominee Kate Hudson sipped an espresso martini while reuniting with her castmates on Running Point, the Netflix comedy about a fictional LA basketball team, which returns for a second season next month.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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The two fan clubs drank beers and ate food together ahead of the match at PayPal Park.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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However, in the mirror universe, these Actors-on-Actors town halls have been appointment viewing ever since Mark Wahlberg and Matt Damon promoted The Departed together in 2007 and got into a shouting match over Wahlberg’s accusation that Damon had never drank a Dunkin’ coffee in his life.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Slurped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurped. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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