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English

Pronunciation

:*(US): /dɹɒːl/ ::*(paragon): /ʤɹɑːw/ :*(UK): /drɔːl/


Noun

  1. a way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. (characteristic of some southern US accents)


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Verb

{{en-verb|drawls|drawling|drawled|drawled}}

  1. to speak with a drawl.


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Category:Talking

et:drawl fa:drawl fr:drawl io:drawl fi:drawl te:drawl vi:drawl zh:drawl

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drawl \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.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drawl \Drawl\, v. i.
To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness,
lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
[1913 Webster]

Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
drawling and dreaming way about it. --Landor.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Drawl \Drawl\, n.
A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet drawl
n : a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
v : lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"
Moby Dictionary
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


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