slur

n 1: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played

legato

2: a disparaging remark [syn: {aspersion}]

3: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:

{smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {smirch}]

v 1: play smoothly or legato; of musical passages

2: speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your

comments are slurring your co-workers"

3: utter indistinctly

4: become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two

theories blurred" [syn: {blur}, {dim}] [ant: {focus}]

slurp

To read a large data file entirely into {core} before working

on it. This may be contrasted with the strategy of reading a

small piece at a time, processing it, and then reading the

next piece. "This program slurps in a 1K-by-1K matrix and

does an FFT." See also {sponge}.

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