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DictionaryslurpNoisy sucking
verb / noun

slurp

SLURP/slɜːrp/

Eating or drinking with a noisy sucking sound.

The woman slurps a dangling noodle from the bowl into her pursed lips.

An older woman sucks a dangling noodle into tightly pursed lips, with a small splash at the broth surface and noodles visibly drawn taut between her mouth and bowl.
Etymology
slurpDutchto drink noisily

Dutch slurpen supplies both the action and its noisy character. It may have originated as an imitation of the sucking sound made when drinking.

In context

Animal Fact Files2:11
They use venom to kill their victims and the venom helps to liquefy the meals so the tarantulas can slurp them up.
Tarantula Facts: the HAIRY SPIDER 🕷️ Animal Fact Files

More examples

  • A loud slurp interrupts the quiet conversation.
  • She tries not to slurp her soup.
  • The children slurped their milkshakes through wide straws.

Forms

slurp · slurps · slurped · slurping

Similar words

sip
Describes drinking in small amounts without implying noise.
gulp
Gulp swallows quickly or in large amounts; slurp specifically makes a sucking noise.