WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slurp /slɜrp/USA pronunciation v. - to eat or drink (food or beverages) with loud sucking noises: [~ + object]to slurp one's food.[no object]The kids were slurping as they drank their sodas.
n. [countable] - an act of slurping.
- any slurping sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slurp (slûrp),USA pronunciation v.t. - to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises:He slurped his coffee.
v.i. - to make loud sucking noises while eating or drinking:to slurp when eating soup.
n. - an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound:He finished his milk in about three slurps.
- any lapping or splashing sound:the slurp of the waves against the hull.
- Dutch slurpen (verb, verbal)
- 1640–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
slurp /slɜːp/ informal vb - to eat or drink (something) noisily
n - a sound produced in this way
Etymology: 17th Century: from Middle Dutch slorpen to sip; related to German schlürfen