Slurring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slur \Slur\ (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred} (sl[^u]rd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Slurring} (sl[^u]r"r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor
     mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, to trail or drag one's
     self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do
     negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish
     girl.]


     1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
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     2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson.
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     3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over
        lightly or with little notice.
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              With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his
              crimes.                               --Dryden.
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     4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]
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              To slur men of what they fought for.  --Hudibras.
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     5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur
        one's words.
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     6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to
        connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
        --Busby.
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     7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to
        mackle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slur
       n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played
            legato
       2: a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to
          female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is
          difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to
          any slur on his virility" [syn: {aspersion}]
       3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
           {smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {smirch}]
       v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most
            beautiful passage in the sonata"
       2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your
          comments are slurring your co-workers"
       3: utter indistinctly
       4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two
          theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {dim}] [ant: {focus}]
       [also: {slurring}, {slurred}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slurring
       See {slur}