Slurp

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)p

Origin

From Middle Dutch slurpen, slorpen ("to sip, slurp"), from Old Dutch *slurpen, from Proto-Germanic *slarpaną ("to sip, slurp"), from Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-, *srobʰ- ("to sip, slurp, gulp"). Cognate with West Frisian slurvje ("to slurp"), German schlürfen ("to sip, slurp"), Swedish slurpa ("to slurp"), Middle High German sürfeln, sürpfeln ("to sip, slurp"), Latin sorbeō ("to suck up, imbibe, absorb").

Full definition of slurp

Verb

1. To eat or drink (something) noisily.
2. To make a loud sucking noise.''The mud slurped under our shoes.

Derived terms

• slurpy

Noun

1. A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking
2. A mouthful of liquid

Anagrams

• purls