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An example use of slur in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… uh why karen is not a slur uh black …”
meanings of slur
verb:
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- To insult or slight.
- To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
noun:
- A trick or deception.
- An insult or slight.
- A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
- In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
- The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).