NOUN (1)

1. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels;


VERB (1)

1. lengthen and slow down or draw out;
- Example: "drawl one's vowels"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drawl \Drawl\, n.
   A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drawl \Drawl\, v. i.
   To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness,
   lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
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         Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
         drawling and dreaming way about it.      --Landor.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

drawl
    n 1: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
    v 1: lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"