slurp

== English == === Alternative forms === shlurp (humorous), slorp (dialectal) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /slɜːp/ (General American) IPA(key): /slɝp/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p === Verb === slurp (third-person singular simple present slurps, present participle slurping, simple past and past participle slurped) (transitive) To eat or drink noisily. (intransitive) To make a loud sucking noise. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === slurp (plural slurps) A loud sucking noise, especially one made in eating or drinking. A mouthful of liquid sucked up. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === purls == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch slurp, variant of slurf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slœrp/ Rhymes: -œrp === Noun === slurp (plural slurpe) trunk (extended nasal organ of an elephant) == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slʏrp/ Hyphenation: slurp Rhymes: -ʏrp === Etymology 1 === A variant form of slurf which is instead directly derived from slurpen; slurf is derived through the variant form slurven. ==== Noun ==== slurp m or f (plural slurpen, diminutive slurpje n) a gulp that involves slurping noises a slurping noise, especially when drinking or eating (archaic, dialectal) alternative form of slurf (“trunk”) 1849, W. Vrolik, De vrucht van den mensch en van de zoogdieren, G. M. P. Londonck (publ.), description of plate 54. 1871, Pieter Harting, Leerboek der vergelijkende ontleedkunde. Eerste deel. Morphologie der ongewervelde dieren, H. C. A. Campagne (publ.), page 364 1892, "De olifant", in Antonie S. Reule Nzn (ed.), Kinder-courant. Weekblad voor onze jongens en meisjes, vol. 13, K. Fuhri (publ.), page 107. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== slurp inflection of slurpen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative