SLURP
What does "SLURP" mean?
To eat or drink with a loud sucking sound.
Meanings
- To take in liquid or food noisily, drawing air with it. He slurped his soup straight from the bowl.
- The loud sucking sound of slurping. She finished the milkshake with a final slurp. informal
Did you know?
- What counts as rude in much of the West is good manners at a Japanese ramen counter: loud slurping is widely read as a compliment to the cook - and it cools the noodles as you eat.
Word origin
From Dutch 'slurpen' (to sip, sup, lap up), an imitative word echoing the sound of noisy drinking.
Remember it
SLURP ends in a 'p' that pops like lips leaving the bowl - the word makes the sound.
A little poem
Steam fogs the glasses-
one long, unashamed slurp says
thank you to the cook.
haiku
Wordplay
- I slurped my ramen loudly in Tokyo and got a compliment. Tried it in a quiet cafe at home and got a check.
What it teaches
Manners are a local language; what offends one table is gratitude at another.
Quick facts
What does SLURP mean?
To eat or drink with a loud sucking sound.
Is SLURP a valid word?
Yes — SLURP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SLURP?
SLURP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SLURP come from?
From Dutch 'slurpen' (to sip, sup, lap up), an imitative word echoing the sound of noisy drinking.
What can SLURP teach us?
Manners are a local language; what offends one table is gratitude at another.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.