slur
verb/slɜː(r)/
/slɜːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they slur | /slɜː(r)/ /slɜːr/ |
| he / she / it slurs | /slɜːz/ /slɜːrz/ |
| past simple slurred | /slɜːd/ /slɜːrd/ |
| past participle slurred | /slɜːd/ /slɜːrd/ |
| -ing form slurring | /ˈslɜːrɪŋ/ /ˈslɜːrɪŋ/ |
- slur something | + speech to pronounce words in a way that is not clear so that they run into each other, usually because you are drunk or tired
- She had drunk too much and her speech was slurred.
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- slur something (music) to play or sing a group of two or more musical notes so that each one runs smoothly into the next
- slur somebody/something to harm somebody’s reputation by making unfair or false statements about them
- She accused the journalist of slurring the company's name.
Word OriginMiddle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear’, ‘belittle (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’.
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