Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Noun
a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man''s sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

Noun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

Verb
become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Verb
utter indistinctly

Verb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

Verb
play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

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v. t.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

v. t.
To disparage; to traduce.

v. t.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

v. t.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

v. t.
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

v. t.
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

v. t.
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

n.
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.

n.
A trick played upon a person; an imposition.

n.
A mark, thus [/ 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.

n.
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

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Slur

Slur , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring .] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. slra, slora, 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.

4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]

To slur men of what they fought for.

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.

Slur

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.) A mark, thus [&upslur; or &downslur;], 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.

To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.