Found 2 items, similar to Slurred.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: slurred 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] [also: slurring, slurred] slurred adj : spoken as if with a thick tongue; “the thick speech of a drunkard”; “his words were slurred” [syn: thick] slur 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] slurred See slur
English → English (gcide) Definition: Slurred Slur \Slur\ (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (sl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (sl[^u]r"r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] [1913 Webster] To slur men of what they fought for. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words. [1913 Webster] 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] Slurred \Slurred\ (sl[^u]rd), a. (Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur. [1913 Webster]