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ALL meanings of slurred

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  • verb with object slurred to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise. 1
  • verb with object slurred to pronounce (a syllable, word, etc.) indistinctly by combining, reducing, or omitting sounds, as in hurried or careless utterance. 1
  • verb with object slurred to cast aspersions on; calumniate; disparage; depreciate: The candidate was viciously slurred by his opponent. 1
  • verb with object slurred Music. to sing to a single syllable or play without a break (two or more tones of different pitch). to mark with a slur. 1
  • verb with object slurred Chiefly British Dialect. to smirch, sully, or stain. 1
  • verb without object slurred to read, speak, or sing hurriedly and carelessly. 1
  • noun slurred a slurred utterance or sound. 1
  • noun slurred a disparaging remark or a slight: quick to take offense at a slur; an ethnic slur against people of Irish descent. 1
  • noun slurred a blot or stain, as upon reputation: a slur on his good name. 1
  • noun slurred Music. the combination of two or more tones of different pitch, sung to a single syllable or played without a break. a curved mark indicating this. 1
  • noun slurred Printing. a spot that is blurred or unclear as a result of paper, plate, or blanket slippage. 1
  • adjective slurred indistinct and difficult to hear or understand 0
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