slurred : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: slurred	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for slurred
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
slurred adj spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a drunkard"; "his words were slurred" Synonym(s): slurred, thick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slur \Slur\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slurred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slurring}.] [Cf. OE. sloor mud, clay, Icel. sl[?]ra, slo[?]ra, to trail or drag one's self along, D. sleuren, sloren, to train, to drag, to do negligently and slovenly, D. sloor, sloerie, a sluttish girl.] 1. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace. --Cudworth. 2. To disparage; to traduce. --Tennyson. 3. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice. With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes. --Dryden. 4. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick. [R.] To slur men of what they fought for. --Hudibras. 5. To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables. 6. (Mus.) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. --Busby. 7. (Print.) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Slurred \Slurred\, a. (Mus.) Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.