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 Definitions of slur  [ɜr]  

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Definition of 'slur' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) slur
to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance.

2.  slur
to pass over without due mention or consideration (often fol. by over).

3.  slur
to sing to a single syllable or play without a break (two or more tones of different pitch).

4. (v.i.) slur
to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly.

5. (n.) slur
a slurred utterance or sound.

6.  slur
the combination of two or more tones of different pitch, sung to a single syllable or played without a break.

7.  slur
a curved mark indicating this.

8. (v.t.) slur
to insult or disparage.

9. (n.) slur
a disparaging remark; slight:
quick to take offense at a slur.

10.  slur
a blot or stain, as upon reputation.

Etymology:  (1600–10; perh. identical with late ME

Definition of 'slur' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) slur
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

2. (noun) aspersion, slur
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"

3. (verb) smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"

4. (verb) slur
play smoothly or legato
"the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

5. (verb) slur
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
"your comments are slurring your co-workers"

6. (verb) slur
utter indistinctly

7. (verb) blur, dim, slur
become vague or indistinct
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"


Definition of 'slur' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) slur
a mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo

2. (noun) slur
a trick played upon a person; an imposition

3. (noun) slur
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

4. (noun) slur
in knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them

5. (verb) slur
to soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace

6. (verb) slur
to disparage; to traduce

7. (verb) slur
to cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice

8. (verb) slur
to cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick

9. (verb) slur
to pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables

10. (verb) slur
to sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones

11. (verb) slur
to blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle



'slur' - Nearby Entries  

slummy  slump  slumped  slur  slur over  slurp  slurred  



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