I. ˈslər noun
Etymology: obsolete English dialect slur thin mud, from Middle English sloor; akin to Middle High German slier mud
Date: 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
II. verb
( slurred ; slur·ring )
Date: 1660
transitive verb
1. : to cast aspersions on : disparage
slurred his reputation
2. : to make indistinct : obscure
intransitive verb
: to slip so as to cause a slur — used of a sheet being printed
III. verb
( slurred ; slur·ring )
Etymology: probably from Low German slurrn to shuffle; akin to Middle English sloor mud
Date: 1660
transitive verb
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 slur 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
intransitive verb
1. dialect chiefly England : slip , slide
2. : drag , shuffle
IV. noun
Date: circa 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