English

Verb

drawl ‎(third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled)

1. (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.
2. (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner.
4. (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
   • Landor

     Theologians and moralists […] talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it.

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Noun

drawl ‎(plural drawls)

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

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See also

• brogue
• lilt
• lisp
• twang