📖 Definitions 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.
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.
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