Noun
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Noun
a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man''s sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

Noun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

Verb
become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Verb
utter indistinctly

Verb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"

Verb
play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

v. t.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

v. t.
To disparage; to traduce.

v. t.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.

v. t.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.

v. t.
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.

v. t.
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.

v. t.
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.

n.
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.

n.
A trick played upon a person; an imposition.

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.

n.
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.

Slur

With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.

To slur men of what they fought for.

Slur

To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.

A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.