Sekirov Dictionary

slur

UK /slɜː/US /slɜɹ/

noun 7
verb 7
forms 3
phrases 1

noun7

An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
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A derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
- In interviews, current and former students of color described an environment rife with racial insensitivity, including casual uses of slurs. — 2020
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An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- And now I'm drinking too much, so I'ma talk with a slur — 2019
Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
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A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- This was a reproach to John, and a slur upon the dog; and both were alive to their misfortune. — 1887
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).

verb7

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To run together; to articulate poorly.
- to slur syllables
- He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
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To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- Notes , the stems of which are joined together by cross lines, as in united quavers , semiquavers , & c . or notes over the heads of which a curve is drawn, to signify that they are to be slurred — 1817
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To insult or slight.
- And how men slur him, saying all his force / Is melted into mere effeminacy? — 1859
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To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. — 1693
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To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- they do not only impudently slur the gospel, according to the history and the letter, in making it no better than a romantical legend[…] — 1678
(old-fashioned) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- to slur men of what they fought for — 1662

forms

slurred · slurring · slurs

Phrases with slur

slur over
To deal with something hurriedly; to treat in a perfunctory manner.

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