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How to pronounce “slur”
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Pronunciation guide for slur
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of slur with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Survival of the Unfittest
a slur used by candidates and campaigns
- Definition summary
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
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How to pronounce slur
Survival of the Unfittest
a slur used by candidates and campaigns
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “slur”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.
- An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
- Any instance of separate things gradually blending together, such as heartbeats in some medical disorders.
- (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).
- [Verb]
- To insult or slight.
- To run together; to articulate poorly.
- (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
- To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- (printing, dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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