southwester
/saʊθˈwɛstə/
US pronunciation
American sound/saʊθˈwɛstə/
saʊθˈwɛstə
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
saʊθ - ˈwɛstə -> southwester
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
More examples
- ‘When the waitress returned with everybody else's drinks, Jason snatched the white cappuccino mug and noisily slurped the foam beginning to overflow atop the glass.’
- ‘Mom lectured as she snatched Jason's drink and began slurping it up.’
- ‘A friend of mine called them slurpers, because their only job appeared to be slurping tea and coffee.’
- ‘As she slurped water noisily, I put her leash back in the drawer.’
- ‘Once we finished slurping our drinks and chomping down on pizza, we laughed hysterically at the guys' jokes and stories.’
- ‘The point is that if you have had the pleasure of slurping a frostie, you know that they are pretty damn thick.’
- ‘Moments later I was slurping a mug of good hot coffee and relating the journey.’
- ‘These pigs usually compound the offense by slurping their drinks.’
- ‘They were both silent, Jake drank some of his chocolate, slurping it into his mouth.’
- ‘One was Mr. Rao slurping a double sundae and the other was Ms. Rao tucking into a large bowl of strawberries and cream.’
- ‘He is watching back-to-back videos and slurping his mug of tea.’
- ‘Listening to Gerry slurping his drink from an oversized glass or sticking out his chin and puckering his lips didn't do anything for me.’
- ‘I was slurping minestrone soup at an Italian restaurant, laughing with a friend, when her cell phone rang.’
- ‘She slurped her tea as loud as she could, blew on her sandwich, although it wasn't hot, and slouched in her chair.’
- ‘They finished off the week slurping fruit smoothies and eating healthy biscuits they made themselves.’
- ‘I'm sitting here scratching and slurping tea listening to Libby Purves.’
- ‘Before I knew it, I was happily slurping my delicious pea and mint soup one-handed, left arm hooked blissfully over banister.’
- ‘The last thing I remember before I drifted off to sleep was the annoying slurping noise of him sucking on his thumb.’
- ‘Now I'm washing out of a bucket of water, slurping my tea and arguing with rickshaw drivers.’
- ‘Ko-chin looked curiously at Molly who was noisily slurping her soda.’
Synonyms
mouthful, taste, gulp, swallow, swig, sip, glug, draft, absorb, belt, bend the elbow, bolt, booze, chugalug, consume, devour, dispatch, dispose, dissipate, down, drain, drink, drop, eat, gargle, gobble, guzzle, hit the bottle, imbibe, indulge, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, irrigate, knock back, lap, liquor up, nip, partake of, pull on, put away, quaff, slosh, smack, soak up, sop, sponge, suck, sup, swill, take, tank up, thirst, tipple, toast, toss, toss off, wash down, wet one's whistle, wet whistle, wolf
Antonyms
abstain, accumulate, collect, disbelieve, doubt, eject, expel, gather, hold, keep, nibble, not use, regurgitate, spit out
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