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drawl

[ drawl ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.


noun

  1. an act or utterance of a person who drawls.

drawl

/ drɔːl /

verb

  1. to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the way of speech of someone who drawls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdrawler, noun
  • ˈdrawling, adjective
  • ˈdrawly, adjective
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Other Words From

  • drawler noun
  • drawling·ly adverb
  • drawling·ness noun
  • drawly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drawl1

1590–1600; < Dutch or Low German dralen to linger
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drawl1

C16: probably frequentative of draw
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Example Sentences

The drawls are as grand as the morning sunrises and the evening sunsets over marshland, the swaying patches of brown and green grass cradling both mud and smaller tributaries of water.

From Vox

David has a Southern drawl and charm that informs his character.

Still, a tight-jawed smile, wild eyes and a southern California drawl remind me of Matthew McConaughey.

She raps with a tightly-wound drawl, one that, to American ears, feels tone-deaf not musically, but socially.

Boyd is tall and thickly muscled and speaks softly in a Piedmont drawl.

When the crew travels underwater, they discover a land where the mermen and merwomen speak a Southern American drawl.

The man did not live, nor could the occasion arrive, which would quicken his constitutional drawl.

He talked freely and intimately in a low, hesitating drawl that was not unpleasant to hear.

Except in long speeches she did not drawl; at times she spoke rapidly, snapping off sentences abruptly.

Again the note of melancholy, throbbing above the drawl––rising, indeed, into a wail.

He seemed to affect a drawl, and the grasp of his hand was not exactly hearty.

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