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slurring |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slur \Slur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred}; p. pr & vb n. {Slurring}.] [Cf. OE sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl?ra, slo?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. --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.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. --Busby. 7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type to mackle.
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