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slurp

(slûrp)

v. slurped, slurp·ing, slurps

v.tr.

To eat or drink noisily.

v.intr.

To eat or drink something noisily.

1. A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking.

2. Slang A mouthful of a liquid: took a slurp of grape juice.

[Dutch slurpen.]

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slurp

(slɜːp)

to eat or drink (something) noisily

a sound produced in this way

[C17: from Middle Dutch slorpen to sip; related to German schlürfen]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

slurp

(slɜrp)

v.t.

1. to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises.

v.i.

2. to make loud sucking noises while eating or drinking.

3. an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound.

4. any lapping or splashing sound.

[1640–50; < Dutch slurpen (v.)]

slurp

Past participle: slurped
Gerund: slurping

Imperative
slurp
slurp

Present
I slurp
you slurp
he/she/it slurps
we slurp
you slurp
they slurp

Preterite
I slurped
you slurped
he/she/it slurped
we slurped
you slurped
they slurped

Present Continuous
I am slurping
you are slurping
he/she/it is slurping
we are slurping
you are slurping
they are slurping

Present Perfect
I have slurped
you have slurped
he/she/it has slurped
we have slurped
you have slurped
they have slurped

Past Continuous
I was slurping
you were slurping
he/she/it was slurping
we were slurping
you were slurping
they were slurping

Past Perfect
I had slurped
you had slurped
he/she/it had slurped
we had slurped
you had slurped
they had slurped

Future
I will slurp
you will slurp
he/she/it will slurp
we will slurp
you will slurp
they will slurp

Future Perfect
I will have slurped
you will have slurped
he/she/it will have slurped
we will have slurped
you will have slurped
they will have slurped

Future Continuous
I will be slurping
you will be slurping
he/she/it will be slurping
we will be slurping
you will be slurping
they will be slurping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been slurping
you have been slurping
he/she/it has been slurping
we have been slurping
you have been slurping
they have been slurping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been slurping
you will have been slurping
he/she/it will have been slurping
we will have been slurping
you will have been slurping
they will have been slurping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been slurping
you had been slurping
he/she/it had been slurping
we had been slurping
you had been slurping
they had been slurping

Conditional
I would slurp
you would slurp
he/she/it would slurp
we would slurp
you would slurp
they would slurp

Past Conditional
I would have slurped
you would have slurped
he/she/it would have slurped
we would have slurped
you would have slurped
they would have slurped

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Verb

slurp - eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"

eat - take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

Translations

ρουφώ

bere rumorosamente bevuta rumorosa

slurp

[slɜːp]

A. VT → sorber ruidosamente

B. VI → sorber ruidosamente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slurp

[ˈslɜː^rp] vt → boire à grand bruit

slurp

vti (inf) → schlürfen

n → Schlürfen nt; to drink something with a slurp → etw schlürfen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slurp

[slɜːp]

1. vt & vi (fam) → bere rumorosamente

2. n → rumore fatto bevendo

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