slurs

noun

Meaning

An insult or slight.
A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
A trick or deception.
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
To insult or slight.
To run together; to articulate poorly.
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.

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