how to pronounce slurp

/slɜːp/

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slurp is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of slurp in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… coffee Peter Jones his first slurp has …”

meanings of slurp

verb:

To eat or drink noisily.
To make a loud sucking noise.

noun:

A loud sucking noise made in eating or drinking.
A mouthful of liquid.

slurp frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word slurp occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics slurp can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that slurp can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) food and health;

3) life, nature, and living environment;