Drawl Definition
drôl
drawled, drawling, drawls
verb
To speak slowly, prolonging the vowels.
Webster's New World
To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels.
“We-e-ell,” the clerk drawled.
American Heritage
(intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner.
Wiktionary
(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A slow manner of speech characterized by prolongation of vowels.
Webster's New World
Origin of Drawl
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From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw + -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).
From Wiktionary
Probably from Low German drauelen to loiter, delay
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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