slurps

5 definitions • 9 examples

to drink a liquid noisily as a result of sucking air into the mouth at the same time as the liquid:

Try not to slurp.

I wish you wouldn't slurp your soup like that.

He slurped down his coffee.

When a thick liquid slurps, it makes loud noises:

The lava slurped and bubbled down the mountainside.

an amount of liquid that you drink noisily:

She paused to take a slurp of lemonade.

"I don't have a clue," said Bill between slurps.

the sound someone makes when they drink noisily:

They wolfed down their food in silence, punctuated only by slurps, grunts, and scraping knives.

All of the tasters have their own distinct slurps.

to make sucking noises while eating or drinking:

[ T ] I wanted to tell him not to slurp his soup.