The Clue
Drag through the mud (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SLUR
Tags
Notes
The answer SLUR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Affront
Aspersion
Disparage
Elide
Epithet
Innuendo
Insult
Malign
Offend
Putdown
Stigma
Vilipend
Bigot's comment
Bit of mudslinging
Bit of slander
Cast aspersions on
Defamatory statement
"Dirty dog," for one
Evidence of drunkenness
Legato effect
Libelous remark
Musical line
Musical mark
Musical sign
Musical symbol
Nasty remark
Put-down
Score line
Speak carelessly
Speak drunkenly
Speak indistinctly
Speak unclearly
Arc on a music score
Curved musical symbol
"Dirty rat," e.g.
Definition
SLUR as a noun:
1. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
2. (aspersion, slur) = 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"
3. (smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur) = a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
SLUR as a verb:
1. play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
2. speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
3. utter indistinctly
4. (blur, dim, slur) = become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"