Slur
noun
- 1.
- ~ (on somebody / something) (indistinct pronunciation, anything harmful to a person's reputation; discredit; insult) និយាយឡុប់ៗ, speak with a slur ការនិយាយឡុលៗជាប់គ្នារដឹក, nasty slur ពាក្យបង្កាច់
verb — past tense: slurred ; past participle: slurred ; present participle: slurring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to pass (over) quickly and carelessly, to pronounce words or syllables so indistinctly as not to be understood) slur one's speech និយាយ ឡុលៗជាប់គ្នារដឹក
Example: Narong slurred his speech, to speak with a slur, a slur on our family name.slur an opponent បង្កាច
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
- 2.
- A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
- 3.
- 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.
- 4.
- In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
verb — past tense: slurred ; past participle: slurred ; present participle: slurring ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
- 1.
- To disparage, to traduce