Uk English Meaning of slur

slurred

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Definitions and Meaning of slur in English

Wordnet

slur (n)

(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

a disparaging remark

a blemish made by dirt

Wordnet

slur (v)

play smoothly or legato

speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur

utter indistinctly

become vague or indistinct

Webster

slur (v. t.)

To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

To disparage; to traduce.

To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Webster

slur (n.)

A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.

A trick played upon a person; an imposition.

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.

In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

FAQs About the word slur

slurred

(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato, a disparaging remark, a blemish made by dirt, play smoothly or legato, speak disparagingly of

insult,offence,sarcasm,insult,barb,brickbat,dart,dis,disgrace,diss

applause,commendation,compliment,Praise,acclaim,accolade,flattery,adulation

slunk => slink, slung => slung, slumpy => slumpy, slumped => slumped, slump => slump,