About The Word Drawl
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Drawl
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What's The Definition Of Drawl?
[n] a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
[v] in particular, draw out the vowels Synonyms | Synonyms for Drawl: Related Terms | Find terms related to Drawl: accent | bark | bawl | bellow | blare | blat | blubber | boom | bray | breathe | broad accent | brogue | burr | buzz | cackle | cautiousness | chant | chirp | circumspection | coo | creeping | croak | crow | deliberateness | deliberation | exclaim | flute | foot-dragging | gasp | growl | grunt | hiss | idleness | indolence | inertia | inertness | keen | languor | laziness | leisureliness | lentitude | lentor | lilt | lisp | mince | mumble | murmur | mutter | pant | pipe | pokiness | quaver | regional accent | reluctance | roar | rumble | scream | screech | shake | shriek | sibilate | sigh | sing | slackness | sloth | slowness | sluggardy | sluggishness | snap | snarl | snort | sob | squall | squawk | squeal | talk incoherently | tentativeness | thunder | trumpet | twang | wail | warble | whine | whisper | yap | yawp | yell | yelp See Also | accent | articulate | enounce | enunciate | pronounce | say | sound out | speech pattern Drawl In Webster's Dictionary \Drawl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drawled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Drawling}.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry,
Icel. dralla to loiter. See {Draw}, and cf. {Draggle}.]
To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.
\Drawl\, v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. --Landor. \Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. |
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