slurped; slurping; slurps
: to make a sucking noise while eating or drinking
: to eat or drink noisily or with a sucking sound
slurp
noun
Synonyms
Examples of slurp in a Sentence
He always slurps his soup.
the child slurped the milk from his bowl when he had eaten all the cereal
Recent Examples on the Web
Do: Ask About the Oysters If you’re not used to ordering raw seafood, the mere thought of slurping down some oysters might be a little nerve-wracking.
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Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
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
But some who want to make AI fairer to artists whose works have been slurped into systems like GPT-4 hope Common Corpus and KL3M can demonstrate that there is a pocket of the AI world skeptical of arguments justifying permissionless data scraping.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Less than six months later, bivalves are being slurped again.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
In other words, local farmers do not appear to have violated the board’s drought controls that year by slurping up every last drop.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024
New places to eat and drink are popping up at Rea Farms this year, giving shoppers and South Charlotte foodies the chance to sip on a dragon fruit tea or slurp up steaming broth and noodles.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
Make time to stroll or bike along the Tampa Riverwalk to spots like Armature Works, a stylish food hall within an old streetcar warehouse, and Stones Throw to slurp oysters in the open air along the Hillsborough River.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
When the grasshoppers arrive, a hopper pattern or live insect is almost guaranteed to get slurped.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
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
But some who want to make AI fairer to artists whose works have been slurped into systems like GPT-4 hope Common Corpus and KL3M can demonstrate that there is a pocket of the AI world skeptical of arguments justifying permissionless data scraping.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
Less than six months later, bivalves are being slurped again.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
In other words, local farmers do not appear to have violated the board’s drought controls that year by slurping up every last drop.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024
New places to eat and drink are popping up at Rea Farms this year, giving shoppers and South Charlotte foodies the chance to sip on a dragon fruit tea or slurp up steaming broth and noodles.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
Make time to stroll or bike along the Tampa Riverwalk to spots like Armature Works, a stylish food hall within an old streetcar warehouse, and Stones Throw to slurp oysters in the open air along the Hillsborough River.
—Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024
When the grasshoppers arrive, a hopper pattern or live insect is almost guaranteed to get slurped.
—Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Slurp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slurp. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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