Clues for the word "SLUR"

We've had 256 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 752 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 25, 2026.

Definition of slur

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.