Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drawl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drawl \Drawl\, v. i.
To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness,
lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a
drawling and dreaming way about it. --Landor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drawl \Drawl\, n.
A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drawl
n : a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
v : in particular, draw out the vowels
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