slurp
from
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}.
from
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
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