Slur - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|slɜːr|
Brit.
|slɜː|
noun
- (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- a disparaging remark (syn: aspersion)
- a disparaging remark (syn: aspersion)
it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility
- a blemish made by dirt (syn: blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, spot)verb
- play smoothly or legato
- become vague or indistinct (syn: blur, dim)
the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata
- speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial sluryour comments are slurring your co-workers
- utter indistinctly- become vague or indistinct (syn: blur, dim)
Extra examples
She was slurring her words as if she was drunk.
His voice sounded slurred.
Milton regarded her comment as a slur on his country.
How dare she cast a slur on (=criticize) my character?
...an affray broke out in the parking lot when someone shouted a racial slur...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: slur
he/she/it: slurs
present participle: slurring
past tense: slurred
past participle: slurred
I/you/we/they: slur
he/she/it: slurs
present participle: slurring
past tense: slurred
past participle: slurred
noun
singular: slur
plural: slurs
singular: slur
plural: slurs
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