slur \slur\ sl^ur, v. t. imp.  p. p. slurred sl^urd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. slurring sl^ur"ri^ng. cf. oe. sloor
   mud, clay, icel. sl=ora, sloethra, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to disparage; to traduce. --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over
      lightly or with little notice.
      1913 webster

            with periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his
            crimes.                               --dryden.
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   4. to cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. r.
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            to slur men of what they fought for.  --hudibras.
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   5. to pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur
      one's words.
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   6. mus. to sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to
      connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
      --busby.
      1913 webster

   7. print. to blur or double, as an impression from type; to
      mackle.
      1913 webster
see also:
slurred slurring 

slur
     n 1: music a curved line spanning notes that are to be played
          legato
     2: 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" syn: aspersion
     3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" syn:
         smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch
     v 1: play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most
          beautiful passage in the sonata"
     2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your
        comments are slurring your co-workers"
     3: utter indistinctly
     4: become vague or indistinct; "the distinction between the two
        theories blurred" syn: blur, dim ant: focus
     also: slurring, slurred
see also:
aspersion smudge spot blot daub smear 
smirch blur dim focus slurring 
slurred 

slurring
     see slur
see also:
slur