A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication, intimation or insinuation.
Part of a pleading in cases of libel and slander, pointing out what and who was meant by the libellous matter or description.
She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.
To interpret (something libellous or slanderous) in terms of what was implied.
An insinuation or innuendo.
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
A mark, stain, or smear; (by extension) a slight occasion of reproach.
A disparaging insult or slight, particularly one used to denigrate a specific group.
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).
To run together; to articulate poorly.
To insult or slight.
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.