schlup

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interjection

A slurping sound, as of walking through sticky mud.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounschlup (plural schlups)

plural schlups

  1. alternativeAlternative form of schlurp.
verbschlup (third-person singular simple present schlups, present participle schlupping, simple past and past participle schlupped)

present singular third person schlups · participle present schlupping · participle past schlupped · past schlupped

  1. alternativeAlternative form 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
    2 more examples

    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

    She tugged him in close, as her claws shredded his heart in a blur, and she withdrew her fist with a schlup sound.

    2010, Andy Remic, Kell's Legend

Origin

Imitative.

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APA

schlup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlup

MLA

“schlup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlup. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schlup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schlup.

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