slur
slur definition
slur (slʉr)
transitive verb slurred, slurring slur′·ring
- to pass over quickly and carelessly; make little of: often with over
- to pronounce rapidly and indistinctly, as by combining or dropping sounds
- Dialectal to stain, smirch, or sully
- to blur or smear, as in printing
- to disparage or discredit; cast aspersions on
- Music
- to sing or play (different and successive notes) by gliding from one to another without a break
- to mark (notes) with a slur
Etymology: prob. < MDu sleuren, to drag, move slowly, trail in mud: for IE base see slug
noun
- the act or process of slurring
- something slurred, as a pronunciation
- a blot, stain, or smear
- any remark or action that harms or is meant to harm someone's reputation; aspersion, reproach, stigma, etc.
- Music
- a curved line written above or below two or more successive notes of different pitch that are to be sounded without a noticeable break
- a group of such notes
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