slur

slur is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 6 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
2. transitive verb. To disparage; to traduce.
3. transitive verb. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
4. transitive verb. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
5. transitive verb. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
6. transitive verb. To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
7. transitive verb. To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
8. noun. A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
9. noun. A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
10. noun. 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.
11. noun. In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
12. noun. a blemish made by dirt

    "he had a smudge on his cheek"

    Synonyms: blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, spot

13. noun. a disparaging remark

    "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"

    "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

    Synonyms: aspersion

14. noun. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
15. verb. become vague or indistinct

    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

    Synonyms: blur, dim

16. verb. utter indistinctly
17. verb. speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur

    "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

18. verb. play smoothly or legato

    "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

Synonyms

blot, daub, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, aspersion, blur, dim

Common word forms

slurs, slurred, slurring

Words from these letters

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