Definitions
1.nounAn insult or slight."a racial slur"
2.nounA set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
3.nounThe symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
4.nounA trick or deception.
5.nounIn knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
6.verbTo insult or slight.
7.verbTo run together; to articulate poorly."to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk."
8.verbTo play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
9.verbTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
10.verbTo cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
11.verbTo cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
12.verbTo blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.