slup, v.
[In early use, cf. slop v.2 2, and G. dial. schluppen to suck. Modern examples may represent an echoic form. Cf. slurp v.]
trans. To sup, swallow. Hence slup n., the noise of slupping; ˈslupping ppl. a. and vbl. n.
| 1598 Marston Sco. Villanie i. ii. C 3, Lewd Precisians..take the simbole vp As slouenly, as carelesse Courtiers slup Their mutton gruell. 1947 Time 7 Apr. 74/2 A julep-slupping burlesque of a Southern politico. 1949 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Mar. 10 (caption) Put a muffler on that soup sluppin'. 1949 H. Hornsby Lonesome Valley 11 The mule slupped the clear water. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden 23 There was no talk at supper. The quiet was disturbed only by the slup of soup and gnash of chewing. 1971 G. Ewart Gavin Ewart Show i. 28, I am a bottle of wine..slup me rough and homely and I'll taste fine. |