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schlup

schlup is the alternative form of schlurp.

Meaning of schlurp

Noun

schlurp (plural schlurps)

  1. A slurping sound.

See all 2 meanings of schlurp

Interjection

  1. A slurping sound, as of walking through sticky mud.
    • They walked to the nearest house, their boots making a schlup, schlup sound as they sank into the mud.1999, Peg Kehret, The Flood Disaster, page 64
    • She looked up to see the bagel, drooping slightly, the cheese, loosening. Then, with a wet, suction-like “schlup”, the bagel fell.2000, John Leben, Speed Tile, page 94

Forms of schlup

Noun
pluralschlups
Verb
third-person singular presentschlups
present participleschlupping
past participleschlupped
pastschlupped

Origin of schlup

Imitative.

Questions about schlup

What does schlup mean?
Schlup means a slurping sound, as of walking through sticky mud.
What is schlup the alternative form of?
Schlup is the alternative form of schlurp.
What part of speech is schlup?
Schlup is an interjection.

Words near schlup in the dictionary

  1. schlumpiest
  2. schlumpiness
  3. schlumping
  4. schlumps
  5. schlumpy
  6. schlup
  7. schlupped
  8. schlupping
  9. schlups
  10. schlurp
  11. schlurped

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Adapted from Wiktionary: schlup (page history and authors); schlurp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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