Definition of drawl Drawl
/dɹɔˈl/ - [drol] - drawl
We found 11 definitions of drawl from 4 different sources.
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What does drawl mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: drawls |
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| drawl - a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels | ||
| speech pattern, accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | ||
Verb |
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| drawl - lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels" | ||
| enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- drawl (Noun)
A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some Wikipedia:Southern American southern US accents , as well as Scots. - drawl (Verb)
To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently. - drawl (Verb)
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. - drawl (Verb)
To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner. - drawl (Verb)
To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- drawl (v. t.)
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone. - drawl (v. i.)
To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. - drawl (n.)
A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
