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The Meaning of slur
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(v. t.) To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
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(v. t.) To disparage; to traduce.
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(v. t.) To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
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(v. t.) To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
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(v. t.) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
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(v. t.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
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(v. t.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
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(n.) A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
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(n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
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(n.) A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato.
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(n.) In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Rhymes
amateur
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bir
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birr
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blur
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bur
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burr
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chauffeur
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chesshir
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cofer
,
concur
,
confer
,
connoisseur
,
credeur
,
cur
,
defer
,
demur
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der
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derbyshire
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deter
,
dirr
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dufur
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duhr
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durr
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entrepreneur
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esquer
,
eure
,
fer
,
fir
,
fleur
,
fluhr
,
francoeur
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fur
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furr
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furrh
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gurr
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her
,
hur
,
incur
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infer
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inter
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jerr
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ker
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kerr
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larkspur
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liqueur
,
longspur
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mccur
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mcgirr
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monsieur
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murr
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myrrh
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nurre
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occur
,
payeur
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per
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pere
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prefer
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pur
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purr
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ramseur
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recur
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redifer
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refer
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reoccur
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restaurateur
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saboteur
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scher
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schreur
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schur
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schurr
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schwer
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sher
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shir
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shirr
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shur
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shurr
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sir
,
spur
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spurr
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stir
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stuhr
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sur
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swor
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ter
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thur
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transfer
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ur
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were