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| drawl [ drawl ] |
noun (plural drawls) |
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slow way of speaking: a way of speaking in which the speaker draws out the vowel sounds and pronounces words slowly
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle drawled, present participle drawl·ing, 3rd person present singular drawls) |
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speak slowly: to draw out the vowel sounds and pronounce words with a slow inflection when speaking
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| [Late 16th century. Probably < Middle Dutch dralen "linger, delay" < dragan "to draw"] |
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 drawl·er noun |
| drawl·ing·ly adverb |
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