Word: slur Word origin: Middle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear, smirch’, ‘disparage (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’. Phonetic: sləː Listen:
speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another. Example: he was slurring his words like a drunk
perform (a group of two or more notes) legato. Example: I can play it if I don't slur the notes
make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about. Example: I was not trying to slur the integrity of the committee
an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation. Example: the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital
an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way. Example: there was a trace of a slur in his voice
a curved line used to show that a group of two or more notes are to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato.
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