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verb (used with object)

slurred, slurring.

to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over ):
The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
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to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance.
to cast aspersions on; calumniate; disparage; depreciate:
The candidate was viciously slurred by his opponent.
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Music.
1. to sing to a single syllable or play without a break (two or more tones of different pitch).
2. to mark with a slur.
Chiefly British Dialect. to smirch, sully, or stain.

verb (used without object)

slurred, slurring.

to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly.

noun

a slurred utterance or sound.
a disparaging remark or a slight: an ethnic slur against people of Irish descent.
quick to take offense at a slur;
an ethnic slur against people of Irish descent.
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a blot or stain, as upon reputation:
a slur on his good name.
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Music.
1. the combination of two or more tones of different pitch, sung to a single syllable or played without a break.
2. a curved mark indicating this.
Printing. a spot that is blurred or unclear as a result of paper, plate, or blanket slippage.

slur

/ ��ɜː /

verb

often foll by over to treat superficially, hastily, or without due deliberation; gloss
also intr to pronounce or utter (words, etc) indistinctly
to speak disparagingly of or cast aspersions on
music to execute (a melodic interval of two or more notes) smoothly, as in legato performance
also intr to blur or smear
archaic.
to stain or smear; sully

noun

an indistinct sound or utterance
a slighting remark; aspersion
a stain or disgrace, as upon one's reputation; stigma
music
1. a performance or execution of a melodic interval of two or more notes in a part
2. the curved line ( or ) indicating this
a blur or smear

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slur¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; of multiple origins; in the sense “pass over without due consideration,” compare Low German slurren “to shuffle,” Dutch sleuren “to trail, drag”; in the sense “blot or stain,” compare Middle Dutch slore ( Dutch sloor ) “sluttish woman”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of slur¹

C15: probably from Middle Low German; compare Middle Low German ��ū�� to drag, trail, Middle Dutch sloren, Dutch sleuren

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After the November presidential election, the friends experienced their first hate crime in Hollywood when a car passing by shot them with airsoft pellets and yelled a gay slur.

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And, separately, East Hunsbury Parish Council has warned Reform candidate Ron Firman after old tweets with racist and sexist slurs came to light.

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In his dashcam video, Benson can be seen stopping his car as his husband rolls down a window to ask the teens to repeat the slurs.

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Osment’s statement seemed to focus mainly on his use of the antisemitic slur and did not directly address the actor’s arrest earlier this month.

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He also used a homophobic slur that is British slang for a cigarette when he was in the show’s smoking area, pointing to Siwa and saying, “I’m not talking to you,” the outlet said.

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