slur

slur
1 verb
1 (I, T) to speak unclearly without separating your words or sounds correctly: slur your words/speech: He was obviously drunk and slurring his words.
2 (T) to criticize someone or something unfairly
3 (T) to play a group of musical notes smoothly together
— slurred adjective: slurred speech 2 noun
1 (C) an unfair criticism that is intended to make people dislike someone or something
(+ on): a slur on my reputation
2 (singular) an unclear way of speaking in which the words are not separated: the slur in his voice
3 (C) a curved line written over musical notes to show they must be played together smoothly

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Slur — Slur:*Slur, a term of disparagement *Slur (phonology): slurring means not to enunciate words normally or clearly . *Slur (music), a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato (smoothly). *Slur …   Wikipedia

  • Slur — (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred} (sl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Slurring} (sl[^u]r r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, to trail or drag one s self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slur|ry — «SLUR ee», noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –n. a semifluid substance, such as a thin mixture of powdered coal, ore, clay, mud, slush, cement, or mortar with water: »In the wet process, water is added during the grinding, until a soupy… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Slur — Slur, n. 1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. Gaining to his name a lasting slur. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slur — slur·vian; slur; slur·ry; …   English syllables

  • slur — [n] insult accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister*, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, brickbat*, calumny, dirty dig*, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put down* …   New thesaurus

  • slur — (n.) deliberate slight, c.1600, from dialectal slur thin or fluid mud, from M.E. slore (mid 15c.), cognate with M.L.G. sluren, M.Du. sloren to trail in mud. Related to E.Fris. sluren to go about carelessly, Norw. slora to be careless. The musical …   Etymology dictionary

  • slur — [slʉr] vt. slurred, slurring [prob. < MDu sleuren, to drag, move slowly, trail in mud: for IE base see SLUG1] 1. to pass over quickly and carelessly; make little of: often with over 2. to pronounce rapidly and indistinctly, as by combining or… …   English World dictionary

  • slur — index aspersion, brand (stigmatize), contemn, defamation, defame, denounce (condemn), denunciation …   Law dictionary

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  • slur — The verb has inflected forms slurred, slurring …   Modern English usage

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