drawl

UK: /ˈdrɔːl/ US: /drɔl/ ,(drôl)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

drawl /drɔl/   v. 

1. to speak in a slow manner: [no object]
   She drawled in that slow, lazy style of hers.
   [~ + object]
   She drawled a greeting to me.

n. [countable]

2. an act of, or example of, speaking by drawling:
   She had that drawl of the deep South.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

drawl  (drôl), v.t., v.i. 

1. to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.

n. 

2. an act or utterance of a person who drawls.

• Dutch or Low German dralen to linger
• 1590–1600

drawl′er, n. 
drawl′ing•ly, adv. 
drawl′ing•ness, n. 
drawl′y, adj. 

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drawl / drɔːl/ verb

1. to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds

noun

1. the way of speech of someone who drawls

Etymology: 16th Century: probably frequentative of draw

ˈdrawling adjective