What does slur mean?
Definitions for slur
slɜrslur
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Princeton's WordNet
slurnoun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
aspersion, slurnoun
a disparaging remark
"in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurverb
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
slurverb
play smoothly or legato
"the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
slurverb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
"your comments are slurring your co-workers"
slurverb
utter indistinctly
blur, dim, slurverb
become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"
Wiktionary
slurnoun
A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
slurnoun
The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes.
slurnoun
A trick or deception.
slurnoun
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
slurverb
To insult or slight.
slurverb
To run together; to articulate poorly.
He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
slurverb
To play legato or without separate articulation.
Etymology: From slore. Compare Old Norse slóðra. Cognate with Middle Low German sluren. Related to dialect Norwegian sløra, Danish sløre (especially for wheels).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Slurnoun
Faint reproach; slight disgrace.
Etymology: from the verb.
Here’s an ape made a king for shewing tricks; and the fox is then to put a slur upon him, in exposing him for sport to the scorn of the people. Roger L'Estrange.
No one can rely upon such an one, either with safety to his affairs, or without a slur to his reputation; since he that trusts a knave has no other recompence, but to be accounted a fool for his pains. Robert South, Sermons.
To SLURverb
Etymology: sloorig, Dutch, nasty; sloore, a slut.
The atheists laugh in their sleeves, and not a little triumph to see the cause of theism thus betrayed by its professed friends, and the grand argument slurred by them, and so their work done to their hands. Ralph Cudworth.
Studious to please the genius of the times,
With periods, points, and tropes he slurs his crimes;
He robb’d not, but he borrow’d from the poor,
And took but with intention to restore. Dryden.What was the publick faith found out for,
But to slur men of what they fought for? Hudibras.Come, seven’s the main,
Cries Ganymede: the usual trick:
Seven, slur a six; eleven, a nick. Matthew Prior.
ChatGPT
slur
A slur is a derogatory or offensive term or remark that is intended to insult, discredit, or disparage someone or a group of people based on attributes such as their race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality. It can also refer to an attempt to undermine someone's reputation through false accusations or demeaning comments. In music, a slur is a symbol indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato or smoothly.
Webster Dictionary
Slurverb
to soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace
Slurverb
to disparage; to traduce
Slurverb
to cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice
Slurverb
to cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick
Slurverb
to pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables
Slurverb
to sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones
Slurverb
to blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle
Slurnoun
a mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo
Slurnoun
a trick played upon a person; an imposition
Slurnoun
a mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato
Slurnoun
in knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them
Etymology: [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. slra, slora, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]
Wikidata
Slur
A slur is a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played without separation. This implies legato articulation, and in music for bowed string instruments, it also indicates the notes should be played in one bow; and in music for wind instruments, that the notes should be played without using the tongue to rearticulate each note. In guitar music, the slur indicates that the notes should be played without plucking the individual strings, i.e. hammer-ons and pull-offs. In vocal music, slurs are usually used to mark notes which are sung to a single syllable. A slur is denoted with a curved line generally placed over the notes if the stems point downward, and under them if the stems point upwards: When two instruments written on the same staff both have slurred phrases with the same note values it is customary to have two sets of slurs, though in some scores just one set is used and it is understood to apply to both of the instruments. The slur is not to be confused with two other similar musical symbols. The tie is a curved line that links two notes of the same pitch to show that their durations are to be added together. The phrase mark is a curved line that extends over a passage which is visually indistinguishable from the slur, and indicates that the passage is to be interpreted as a single phrase.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slur
slur, v.t. to soil; to contaminate: to disgrace: to pass over lightly: to conceal: (mus.) to sing or play in a gliding manner.—v.i. (print.) to slip in making the impression, causing the printing to be blurred:—pr.p. slur′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. slurred.—n. a stain: slight reproach or disparagement: (mus.) a mark showing that notes are to be sung to the same syllable.—p.adj. Slurred (mus.), marked with a slur, performed in a gliding style like notes marked with a slur. [Old Dut. slooren, sleuren, Low Ger. slüren, to drag along the ground.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of slur in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of slur in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of slur in a Sentence
I’ve been having a little fun tonight, so if I slur my words, I apologize, we world champions, that’s what it’s all about. All that hard work we put into it, all that strain … all the ups and downs, being here with you guys, I dreamed about this for so long.
I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature.
I'm embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back, there are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.
I might have said a racial slur once or twice other times in my life. But that's not something that I believe, that's not something that I ascribe to. And it was said to kind of get a rise out of him and get him mad at me almost to see if he would even criticize me in any way.
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- افتراءArabic
- undeutlich, reden, BindebogenGerman
- μομφήGreek
- legato, ligadura de expresiónSpanish
- sammaltaa, sokeltaa, loukkaus, herja, herjata, loukataFinnish
- liaison d'expression, legato, coulé, mal articulerFrench
- ceangalScottish Gaelic
- कलंकHindi
- ճզմելArmenian
- legatura di portamento, legatura di frase, legatura di espressioneItalian
- slurHebrew
- スラーJapanese
- 중상Korean
- insectationeLatin
- слеваMacedonian
- legatoboogDutch
- oszczerstwoPolish
- arrastarPortuguese
- инсинуация, легатоRussian
- razvlačitiSerbo-Croatian
- sluddra, bindebågeSwedish
- తొందరపాటుతో నిర్లక్ష్యంగాTelugu
- slurYiddish
- 诽谤Chinese
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