slur

1. v. t. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Source: opted

2. v. t. To disparage; to traduce. Source: opted

3. v. t. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. Source: opted

5. v. t. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables. Source: opted

6. v. t. To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Source: opted

7. v. t. To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle. Source: opted

8. n. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo. Source: opted

9. n. A trick played upon a person; an imposition. Source: opted

10. n. A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato. Source: opted

11. n. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them. Source: opted

12. n. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato Source: wordnet

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