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slurp

/slɝp/

Meanings
noun
A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking

Examples :

"The loud slurp of the soup made everyone at the dinner table look up. "
sound food drink action

Related Words

Illustration mouthful

mouthful noun

/ˈmaʊθfʊl/ /ˈmaʊθfəl/

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

"He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in."

Illustration kitchen

kitchen noun

/ˈkɪt͡ʃən/

A room or area for preparing food.

"My mom spends most of the morning in the kitchen, preparing breakfast for the family. "

Illustration slurping

slurping verb

/ˈslɜːrpɪŋ/ /ˈslɝːpɪŋ/

To eat or drink noisily.

"They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti."

Illustration liquid

liquid noun

/ˈlɪkwɪd/

A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

"A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas."

Illustration noisily

noisily adverb

/ˈnɔɪzɪli/ /ˈnɔɪzəli/

In a noisy manner; in such a way as to create a great deal of noise or sound

"They talked noisily and long into the night."

Illustration everyone

everyone pronoun

/ˈɛv.ɹi.wʌn/

Every person.

"Everyone in the class needs to bring their textbook to the first lecture. "

Illustration sucking

sucking verb

/ˈsʌkɪŋ/

To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

"The baby is sucking milk from the bottle. "

Illustration slurped

slurped verb

/slɜːpt/ /slɝːpt/

To eat or drink noisily.

"They sat in the kitchen slurping their spaghetti."

Illustration spaghetti

spaghetti noun

[spəˈɡɛɾi]

A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

"For dinner, we had spaghetti with tomato sauce. "

Illustration eating

eating verb

/ˈiːtɪŋ/ /ˈitɪŋ/

To ingest; to be ingested.

"The children are eating lunch in the cafeteria. "

Illustration drinking

drinking verb

/ˈdɹɪŋkɪŋ/

To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.

"He drank the water I gave him."

Illustration dinner

dinner noun

/ˈdɪnə/ /ˈdɪnəɹ/

A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

"My dinner was a sandwich and some fruit, before I went to my afternoon class. "