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What (who) is slurp - definition
slurp
To read a large data file entirely into core before working
on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a
small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the
next piece. "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and
does an FFT." See also sponge.
[Jargon File ]
slurp
(slurps, slurping, slurped)
1.
If you slurp a liquid, you drink it noisily.
He blew on his soup before slurping it off the spoon...
He slurped down a cup of sweet, black coffee.
VERB: V n from/off n, V adv n, also V n, V
2.
A slurp is a noise that you make with your mouth when you drink noisily, or a mouthful of liquid that you drink noisily.
He takes a slurp from a cup of black coffee.
N-COUNT
slurp
¦ verb eat or drink with a loud sucking sound.
¦ noun an act or sound of slurping.
Derivatives
slurpy adjective
Origin
C17: from Du. slurpen.
Examples of use of slurp
1. Inside, the Chechen officer took another slurp of his tea.
2. Late at night, she would slurp down some quick noodles before going to bed.
3. The bison eagerly slurp on the licks, or chew each others‘ fur.
4. Drivers are fighting rising gasoline prices by buying "flex" or "flexible fuel" cars that slurp more alcohol.
5. Strapped to this wheel of endless second chances, the South Africans doubtless needed a decent slurp to relieve the torpor.