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SLURRED
slurred, thick
(adjective) spoken as if with a thick tongue; “the thick speech of a drunkard”; “his words were slurred”
SLUR
blur, dim, slur
(verb) become vague or indistinct; “The distinction between the two theories blurred”
slur
(verb) utter indistinctly
slur
(verb) speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; “your comments are slurring your co-workers”
slur
(verb) play smoothly or legato; “the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
slurred
simple past tense and past participle of slur
Source: Wiktionary
Slurred, a. (Mus.)
Definition: Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.
SLUR
Slur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred; p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring.] Etym: [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl, slo, 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. Cudworth.
2. To disparage; to traduce. Tennyson.
3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice. With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. Dryden.
4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] To slur men of what they fought for. Hudibras.
5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
6. (Mus.)
Definition: To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.
7. (Print.)
Definition: To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slur, n.
1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. "Gaining to his name a lasting slur." South.
2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.]
3. (Mus.)
Definition: A mark, thus [&upslur; or ], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.
4. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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