Definition of drawls Drawls

/dɹɔˈlz/ - [drolz] -

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What does drawls mean?

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Noun Plural: drawls
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 drawls, drawling, drawled
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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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.

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.