schlup

English

Etymology

Imitative.

Noun

schlup (plural schlups)

  1. Alternative form of schlurp

Verb

schlup (third-person singular simple present schlups, present participle schlupping, simple past and past participle schlupped)

  1. Alternative form of schlurp

Interjection

schlup

  1. A slurping sound, as of walking through sticky mud.
    • 1999, Peg Kehret, The Flood Disaster, page 64:
      They walked to the nearest house, their boots making a schlup, schlup sound as they sank into the mud.
    • 2000, John Leben, Speed Tile, page 94:
      She looked up to see the bagel, drooping slightly, the cheese, loosening. Then, with a wet, suction-like “schlup”, the bagel fell.
    • 2010, Andy Remic, Kell's Legend:
      She tugged him in close, as her claws shredded his heart in a blur, and she withdrew her fist with a schlup sound.
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