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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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SLORP, v., n. Also slurp, slorrop. [slorp, slʌrp]

I. v. 1. intr. and tr. To eat or drink noisily and slobberingly, to gulp or splutter in eating (s.Sc. 1808 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Bwk. 1942 Wettstein; Kcd., m. and s.Sc. 1970), to suck up (drink or the like) noisily, to swill (a liquid). Also in n.Eng. dial. Ppl.adj. slorping, messy in one's eating habits, slobbery; †by extension: slovenly, careless, untidy.s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.:
Slorping is also used for taudry. Slorping hussie, a girl who is sluggishly dressed.e.Lth. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 61:
Tide-high in every street for brutes to slorp.s.Sc. 1925 H. McDiarmid Sangschaw 38:
The muckle white pig at the tail O' the midden slotters and slorps.Edb. 1928 A. D. Mackie In Two Tongues 17:
He sits, and slorps het tea.Edb. 1965 J. K. Annand Sing it Aince 24:
Grumphie, grumphie, Slorpin up your meat. em.Sc. 1999 James Robertson The Day O Judgement 13:
Aw ye that lustit efter gowd
An gaithert it wi greed an bluid
Mey slocken tae the ful yer thirst -
In wi ye then, an slorp the flude!

2. Gen. in phr. to slorp an' greet, to weep noisily and with gulps of indrawn breath, to sob convulsively (Rxb. 1825 Jam., ‡1923 Watson W.-B., Rxb. 1970).s.Sc. 1897 E. Hamilton Outlaws xv.:
When the women folks begin slorping and greeting.

3. Of shoes or the like: to make a squelching sound from wetness (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.). Ppl.adj. slorpin, squeaking with moisture, so soaked as to emit a squelching noise when touched.Rxb. 1801 J. Hogg Sc. Pastoral 17:
Ye're gaun withouten shoon or boots But slorpin loags about your coots.Rxb. 1904 Border Mag. 140:
Wi' slorpin' feet, I platch an' slaiger home.

II. n. 1. A noisy mouthful, a gulp, slobber, swig; “a spoonful taken hastily and ungracefully into the mouth” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.; Lth., Kcb., Rxb. 1970). Also fig.. Hence to play slorp, to make a gulping, sucking, or slobbering noise in eating or drinking.Kcb. 1815 J. Gerrond Poems 116:
Wi' saps I played slorp like a snipe.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
He drain'd the brose-bowl wi' sic a slorp.Ags. 1930 A. Kennedy Orra Boughs xxxv.:
The slurp-slurp of sweetie-eating. m.Sc. 1996 John Murray Aspen 14:
caain firth the oars
caain thaim back ower agen
the screich fae the pins
the slorrop fae the blades
an the skirl owerheid
fae the pliver, the peewee
an the whaup.

2. A messy, slobbering person, a sloven, slop (Slk. 1825 Jam.).Sc. 1829 R. Chambers Sc. Songs I. 222:
There's gentle John, and Jock the slorp.