Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
Slur — Slur:*Slur, a term of disparagement *Slur (phonology): slurring means not to enunciate words normally or clearly . *Slur (music), a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato (smoothly). *Slur … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slur|ry — «SLUR ee», noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –n. a semifluid substance, such as a thin mixture of powdered coal, ore, clay, mud, slush, cement, or mortar with water: »In the wet process, water is added during the grinding, until a soupy… … Useful english dictionary
Slur — Slur, n. 1. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. Gaining to his name a lasting slur. South. [1913 Webster] 2. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slur — slur·vian; slur; slur·ry; … English syllables
slur — [n] insult accusation, affront, animadversion, aspersion, bar sinister*, black eye*, blemish, blot, blur, brand, brickbat*, calumny, dirty dig*, discredit, disgrace, dump, expose, hit, innuendo, insinuation, knock, obloquy, odium, onus, put down* … New thesaurus
slur — (n.) deliberate slight, c.1600, from dialectal slur thin or fluid mud, from M.E. slore (mid 15c.), cognate with M.L.G. sluren, M.Du. sloren to trail in mud. Related to E.Fris. sluren to go about carelessly, Norw. slora to be careless. The musical … Etymology dictionary
slur — [slʉr] vt. slurred, slurring [prob. < MDu sleuren, to drag, move slowly, trail in mud: for IE base see SLUG1] 1. to pass over quickly and carelessly; make little of: often with over 2. to pronounce rapidly and indistinctly, as by combining or… … English World dictionary
slur — slȗr m DEFINICIJA glazb. lȗk kojim se povezuje niz tonova kada ih treba izvesti legato ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
slur — The verb has inflected forms slurred, slurring … Modern English usage
