blur
noun/blɜː(r)/
/blɜːr/
[usually singular]- a shape that you cannot see clearly, often because it is moving too fast
- The hedges whizzed past in a green blur as we sped along.
- Everything is a blur when I take my glasses off.
Extra Examples- The object was a dim blur in the moonlight.
- a blur of colours and patterns
- a blur of fire and smoke
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dim
- faint
- pale
- …
- blur of
- be all a bit of a blur
- be all a blur
- be just a blur
- …
- something that you cannot remember clearly
- The events of that day were just a blur.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dim
- faint
- pale
- …
- blur of
- be all a bit of a blur
- be all a blur
- be just a blur
- …
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘smear that partially obscures something)’.
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