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slurs
We have found lemma(root) word of slurs : slur.
Definitions
[sləː], (Verb)
Definitions:
- speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another
(e.g: he was slurring his words like a drunk)
- perform (a group of two or more notes) legato
(e.g: I can play it if I don't slur the notes)
- make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about
(e.g: I was not trying to slur the integrity of the committee)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear, smirch’, ‘disparage (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’
[sləː], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation
(e.g: the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital)
- an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way
(e.g: there was a trace of a slur in his voice)
- a curved line used to show that a group of two or more notes are to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English: originally as noun in sense ‘thin, fluid mud’, later as verb meaning ‘smear, smirch’, ‘disparage (a person)’, ‘gloss over (a fault)’
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