Толковый словарь английского языка - slur
Slur
slur
I. noun Etymology: obsolete English dialect ~ thin mud, from Middle English sloor; akin to Middle High German slier mud Date: 1609 1. an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo ; aspersion , a shaming or degrading effect ; stain , stigma , a blurred spot in printed matter ; smudge , II. verb (~red; ~ring) Date: 1660 transitive verb to cast aspersions on ; disparage , to make indistinct ; obscure , intransitive verb to slip so as to cause a ~, III. verb (~red; ~ring) Etymology: probably from Low German ~rn to shuffle; akin to Middle English sloor mud Date: 1660 transitive verb 1. to slide or slip over without due mention, consideration, or emphasis , to perform hurriedly ; skimp , to perform (successive tones of different pitch) in a smooth or connected manner, 3. to reduce, make a substitution for, or omit (sounds that would normally occur in an utterance), to utter with such reduction, substitution, or omission of sounds , intransitive verb slip , slide , drag , shuffle , IV. noun Date: circa 1801 1. a curved line connecting notes to be sung to the same syllable or performed without a break, the combination of two or more ~red tones, a ~ring manner of speech
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v. & n. --v. (slurred, slurring) 1 tr. & intr. pronounce or write indistinctly so that the sounds or letters run into one another. 2 tr. Mus. a perform (a group of two or more notes) legato. b mark (notes) with a slur. 3 tr. archaic or US put a slur on (a person or a person's character); make insinuations against. 4 tr. (usu. foll. by over) pass over (a fact, fault, etc.) lightly; conceal or minimize. --n. 1 an imputation of wrongdoing; blame; stigma (a slur on my reputation). 2 the act or an instance of slurring in pronunciation, singing, or writing. 3 Mus. a curved line to show that two or more notes are to be sung to one syllable or played or sung legato. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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