[slur] n [obs. E dial. slur thin mud, fr. ME sloor; akin to MHG slier mud] (1609) 1 a: an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo: aspersion b: a shaming or degrading effect: stain, stigma
2: a blurred spot in printed matter: smudge
[2]slur vb slurred ; slur.ring vt (1660) 1: to cast aspersions on: disparage
2: to make indistinct: obscure ~ vi: to slip so as to cause a slur--used of a sheet being printed [3]slur vb slurred ; slur.ring [prob. fr. LG slurrn to shuffle; akin to ME sloor mud] vt (1660) 1 a: to slide or slip over without due mention, consideration, or emphasis "slurred over certain facts" b: to perform hurriedly: skimp "let him not ~ his lesson --R. W. Emerson"
2: to perform (successive tones of different pitch) in a smooth or connected manner 3 a: to reduce, make a substitution for, or omit (sounds that would normally occur in an utterance) b: to utter with such reduction, substitution, or omission of sounds "his speech was slurred" ~ vi 1 dial chiefly Eng: slip, slide
2: drag, shuffle [4]slur n (ca. 1801) 1 a: a curved line connecting notes to be sung to the same syllable or performed without a break b: the combination of two or more slurred tones
2: a slurring manner of speech