slurpy

English

Etymology

slurp +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɜː(ɹ)pi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pi

Adjective

slurpy (comparative slurpier, superlative slurpiest)

1. Sloppy; sounding or feeling like the slurping of liquid.
   • 2007, A. L. Niflhaim, Gail McLeod, Christmas in Distress, page 85:

     Nestor leans down and pats NJ on the head and NJ jumps right up in his lap and gives him a big slurpy, drooly doggy kiss right on his face.

   • 1998, Cris Mazza, Animal Acts: Fictions, page 55:

     She wet her hands in a pan of brown water, then rubbed her palms together, a slurpy sound.

2. (programming) In the Raku programming language: being a form of variadic parameter list that can capture additional parameters.

Derived terms

• slurpily
• slurpiness

See also

• Slurpee