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Meaning of drawl

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

drawl

Pronunciation:/dɹɔːl//dɹɔl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

verb

Definitions

  1. To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.

  2. To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.

  3. To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.

  4. To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.