slurp

4 definitions found

slurp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  slurp
      v 1: eat noisily; "He slurped his soup"

slurp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  slurp
  
     To read a large data file entirely into core before working
     on it.  This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a
     small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the
     next piece.  "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and
     does an FFT."  See also sponge.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

slurp - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  slurp
   vt.
  
     To read a large data file entirely into core before working on it.
     This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a small piece at
  a
     time, processing it, and then reading the next piece. "This program
     slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and does an FFT." See also sponge.
  

slurp - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "slurp":
     aspirate, beverage, breathe in, bumper, draft, dram, draw in,
     drench, drink, drinking, eating, engorgement, engulfment, gulp,
     gulping, guzzle, imbibition, ingestion, ingurgitation, inhale,
     inspire, lap, lap up, libation, lick, nip, peg, portion, potation,
     pull, quaff, sip, slosh, smack, sniff, sniffle, snort, snuff,
     snuff in, snuffle, soak up, sponge up, suck, suck in, suckle, sup,
     swallow, swallowing, swig, swill, tot, wolf down