drawl

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

Verb (1)

  1. lengthen and slow down or draw out“drawl one's vowels”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Drawl \Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. [1913 Webster]
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]
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]

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