Mumble vs. Slur
Mumbleverb
To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
‘Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.’;
Slurnoun
An insult or slight.
‘a racial slur’;
Mumbleverb
To chew something gently with closed lips.
Slurnoun
(music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
Mumblenoun
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization; a low tone of voice.
‘All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.’; ‘He spoke in a barely comprehensible mumble.’;
Slurnoun
(music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
Mumbleverb
To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter.
‘Peace, you mumbling fool.’; ‘A wrinkled hag, with age grown double,Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.’;
Slurnoun
(obsolete) A trick or deception.
Mumbleverb
To chew something gently with closed lips.
Slurnoun
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Mumbleverb
To utter with a low, inarticulate voice.
Slurverb
To insult or slight.
Mumbleverb
To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth.
‘Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain.’;
Slurverb
To run together; to articulate poorly.
‘to slur syllables;’; ‘He slurs his speech when he is drunk.’;
Mumbleverb
To suppress, or utter imperfectly.
Slurverb
(music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
Mumbleverb
talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Slurverb
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
Mumbleverb
grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty;
‘the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food’;
Slurverb
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
Slurverb
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
Slurverb
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slurverb
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
Slurverb
To disparage; to traduce.
Slurverb
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
‘With periods, points, and tropes, he slurs his crimes.’;
Slurverb
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
‘To slur men of what they fought for.’;
Slurverb
To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables; to slur one's words.
Slurverb
To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones.
Slurverb
To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
Slurnoun
A mark or stain; hence, a slight reproach or disgrace; a stigma; a reproachful intimation; an innuendo.
Slurnoun
A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
Slurnoun
A mark, thus [
Slurnoun
In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
Slurnoun
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
Slurnoun
a disparaging remark;
‘in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion’; ‘it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility’;
Slurnoun
a blemish made by dirt;
‘he had a smudge on his cheek’;
Slurverb
play smoothly or legato;
‘the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata’;
Slurverb
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur;
‘your comments are slurring your co-workers’;
Slurverb
utter indistinctly
Slurverb
become vague or indistinct;
‘The distinction between the two theories blurred’;
