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slur

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1. slur - Noun

2. slur - Verb

Meaning

To disparage; to traduce.

To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.

A trick played upon a person; an imposition.

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.

In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The dismissal of our anger as a racial minority is worse than any slur or epithet because it undermines our ability to react to it. Margaret Cho

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic is rare, a serious matter. It's a slur on the divine in our nature. Marguerite Duras

a purely literal interpretation of the impassioned protestations of affection for a "lovely boy", which course through the sonnets, casts a slur on the dignity of the poet's name which scarcely bears discussion. Sidney Lee

One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business. Rupert Murdoch

I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it. Arden Cho

I have times when I'm off-balance. I have times when I slur my words. I have times when I walk into walls. I have times when I can't remember somebody's name. Michael Fox

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