slur

Meaning of slur

noun
  1. An insult or slight.
    a racial slur
  2. A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
  3. The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
  4. A trick or deception.
  5. In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
verb
  1. To insult or slight.
  2. To run together; to articulate poorly.
    to slur syllables;  He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
  3. To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
  4. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  5. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
  6. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
  7. To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

Information about slur

  • The plural form of slur is: slurs.
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Hyphenation of slur

slur

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • slur is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

slur synonyms

Meaning aspersion:

aspersion

Meaning smudge:

smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch

Meaning blur:

blur, dim

Translation of slur

Anagrams of slur

lurs

Words that rhyme with slur

beslur, overslur

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