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drawl(dictionary)

drawl (iou)



drawl verb & noun. L16.
[Prob. orig. slang from East Frisian, Low German, Dutch dralen delay, linger. Cf. DRAIL.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. & trans. (usu. foll. by out). Speak or utter with indolence or deliberate slowness; speak or utter with vowels more prolonged than is usual. L16.
verb intrans. Move slowly and loiteringly, crawl; trail. Now rare. L16.
W. Owen The blind-cord drawls across the window sill.
verb trans. Pull slowly or with effort, drag; drag on or out in time; cause to pass slowly away. L16.
b. noun. The action of drawling; a slow indolent utterance; speech or an accent with vowels more prolonged than is usual. M18.
R. Lehmann 'No, I can't imagine,' said Madeleine in a thoughtful drawl.
drawler noun M19.
drawlingly adverb in a drawling manner M18.