slurp

slurp
/slerrp/, v.t.
1. to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises: He slurped his coffee.
v.i.
2. to make loud sucking noises while eating or drinking: to slurp when eating soup.
n.
3. an intake of food or drink with a noisy sucking sound: He finished his milk in about three slurps.
4. any lapping or splashing sound: the slurp of the waves against the hull.
[1640-50; < D slurpen (v.)]

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