noun An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
noun An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
noun A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
a slur on one's reputation
noun An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
noun Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
noun A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
noun The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).