1an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation:the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital
2an act of speaking indistinctly so that sounds or words run into one another or a tendency to speak in such a way:there was a trace of a slur in his voice
3 Music 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.
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Universal
1speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another:he was slurring his words like a drunk
[no object] (of words or speech) be slurred:his speech was beginning to slur
pass over (a fact or aspect) so as to conceal or minimize it:essential attributes are being slurred over or ignored
2 Music perform (a group of two or more notes) legato: (as adjective slurred)a group of slurred notes
mark (notes) with a slur.
3chiefly US make damaging or insulting insinuations or allegations about:try and slur the integrity of the police to secure an acquittal
