slur
English
/slɜː(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- An insult or slight.
- (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
- (obsolete) A trick or deception.
- In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sloor (thin fluid mud).
Origin
Middle English
sloor
Gloss
thin fluid mud