Definitions for: Drawl


[n] a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
[v] in particular, draw out the vowels



Webster (1913) Definition: Drawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drawling.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry,
Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle.]
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.


Drawl, v. i.
To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness,
lack of spirit, affectation, etc.

Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
drawling and dreaming way about it. --Landor.


Drawl, n.
A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

See Also: accent, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out, speech pattern

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