slurverb [ T ]
uk/slɜːr/us/slɝː/-rr-slur verb [ T ] (PRONOUNCE BADLY)
to pronounce the sounds of a word in a way that is wrong or not clear:
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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slur verb [ T ] (MUSIC)
to sing or play notes in a smooth and connected manner
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- motif
- timbre
- tremolo
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
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slur verb [ T ] (CRITICIZE)
to harm someone's reputation by criticizing them:
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Damaging reputation
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumniate
- dog
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn
- mud
- poison
- scurrilous
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- stab
- stain
- sully
- taint
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slurnoun
uk/slɜːr/us/slɝː/slur noun (CRITICISM)
[ C ] a remark that criticizes someone and is likely to have a harmful effect on their reputation:
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Damaging reputation
- besmirch
- black mark
- blacken
- blot
- blot your copybook idiom
- calumniate
- dog
- drag sb's name through the mire/mud idiom
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn
- mud
- poison
- scurrilous
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander
- stab
- stain
- sully
- taint
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slur noun (BAD PRONUNCIATION)
[ S ] a way of pronouncing the sounds of a word that is unclear, uncontrolled, or wrong:
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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slur noun (MUSIC)
[ C ] a curved line written over or under musical notes to show that they must be played in a smooth and connected manner
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Technical music terms
- accidental
- adagio
- allegro
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr
- arrange
- cadence
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- legato
- mike check
- motif
- timbre
- tremolo
- tuning
- twelve-tone
- twelve-tone scale
- unison
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