slur
Other forms: slurred; slurs; slurring
A slur is an insulting remark. In a political campaign, it’s not unheard of for a candidate to launch a slur at her opponent, though doing so is usually frowned upon.
Slur can also be used as a verb meaning “to insult,” and it has a number of additional meanings as well. To slur one’s speech is to pronounce words in a clumsy, lazy way. In the context of music, to slur is to slide smoothly from one note to another. The word history of slur is hazy, but some scholars have suggested a relationship with a Dutch word meaning "to drag."
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utter indistinctly
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become vague or indistinct
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an utterance or way of speaking in which words run together
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utterance, vocalization
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
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utterance, vocalization
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play smoothly or legato
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(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
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tie
(music) a curved line over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value
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musical notation
(music) notation used by musicians
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tie
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speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur
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a disparaging remark
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synonyms:
aspersion
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ethnic slur
a slur on someone's race or language
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depreciation, derogation, disparagement
a communication that belittles somebody or something
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ethnic slur
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a blemish made by dirt
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blotch, splodge, splotch
an irregularly shaped spot
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fingermark, fingerprint
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
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inkblot
a blot made with ink
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blotch, splodge, splotch
/slər/
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Vocabulary lists containing slur
Moving back to California from Hong Kong, ten-year-old Knox, his older brother Bowen, and younger sister Lea, must deal not only with the coronavirus but also the separation from their father and fearful suspicions of their background.
After her grandfather becomes sick, eleven-year-old Maizy moves from Los Angeles to Last Chance, Minnesota, where she struggles to fit in as her family's Chinese restaurant is targeted with racist attacks.
Following a wave of antisemitic attacks, fifteen-year-old Orthodox Jew Hoodie Rosen faces the ire of his family and community when he falls in love with a non-Jewish girl.
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