slurp
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slurp
- /slɜːp/ UK
- /slɝp/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)p
Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen (“to sip, slurp”), from Old Dutch *slurpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slurp- (“to sip, slurp”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, *srobʰ- (“to sip, slurp, gulp”). Cognate with West Frisian sloarpe, sloarpje, slurvje (“to slurp”), German schlürfen (“to sip, slurp”), Swedish slurpa (“to slurp”), Norwegian slurpe (“to slurp”). Compare also Saterland Frisian slubberje (“to slurp”), German Low German slubbern (“to slurp”), Middle High German sluppern (“to slurp”), Swedish, Norwegian, and Icelandic slupra (“to slurp”), Middle High German sürfeln, sürpfeln (“to sip, slurp”), Latin sorbeō (“to suck up, imbibe, absorb”). Often treated as onomatopoeic in modern writing.
verb slurps · slurping · slurped · shlurp · slorp
- To eat or drink noisily. They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti.
- To make a loud sucking noise. The mud slurped under our shoes.
noun slurps · shlurp · slorp
- A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking.
- A mouthful of liquid sucked up. I took another slurp of my soup.
Translations
Talk about this word "slurp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slurp. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. slurp. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slurp "slurp." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slurp.Cite this
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title = {slurp},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slurp},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
