slur
s lur
- n (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
- n a disparaging remark
it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility - n a blemish made by dirt
- v play smoothly or legato
the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata - v speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
your comments are slurring your co-workers - v utter indistinctly
- v become vague or indistinct
- Allen claimed he made it up, not knowing that it was an offensive slur used by colonial whites in Africa.
- Chinese kids can be forgiven for thinking Japan is a nation of "devils," a slur used without embarrassment in polite Chinese society.
- After cameras caught Spain's national coach using a racist slur to describe Thierry in 2004, he could have lost his cool.