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slurs

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noun

  • An insult or slight.

    "a racial slur"

  • A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
  • The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
  • A trick or deception.
  • In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

verb

  • To insult or slight.
  • To run together; to articulate poorly.

    "to slur syllables;  He slurs his speech when he is drunk."

  • To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
  • To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
  • 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 blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

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