What is "slurring"

Slur \Slur\ (sl[^u]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slurred (sl[^u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Slurring (sl[^u]r"r[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[=o]ra, slo[eth]ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.]

1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
   --Cudworth.

2. To disparage; to traduce.
   --Tennyson.

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

   With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.
   --Dryden.

4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.]

   To slur men of what they fought for.
   --Hudibras.

5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.

6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
   --Busby.

7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

n. A slur mark in music. vb. (present participle of slur English)

1. n. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

2. 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" [syn: aspersion]

3. a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch]

4. [also: slurring, slurred]

1. v. play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

2. speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

3. utter indistinctly

4. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim] [ant: focus]

5. [also: slurring, slurred]

See slur