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.
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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.
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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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Guests sipped cocktails as music by Travis Tritt and Jake Owen played over the loudspeakers.
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Both handhelds sipped power during Balatro, draining the battery at around 14W and 9W, respectively.
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That roughly mirrors our own finding of what crops actually drank, based on the state’s study of satellite data.
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One by one, from Rhode Island to Georgia, rioters in each colony pillaged collectors’ wine cellars, drank all their liquor and forced them to publicly resign.
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That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
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Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
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“Slurped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurped. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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