DRAWL DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
drawl n 1: a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v 1: lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) drawl I. verb Etymology: probably frequentative of draw Date: 1598 intransitive verb to speak slowly with vowels greatly prolonged transitive verb to utter in a slow lengthened tone • drawler noun • drawlingly adverb II. noun Date: circa 1742 a drawling manner of speaking • drawly adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary drawl (drawls, drawling, drawled) If someone drawls, they speak slowly and not very clearly, with long vowel sounds. 'I guess you guys don't mind if I smoke?' he drawled... He has a deep voice and he drawls slightly. VERB: V with quote, V • Drawl is also a noun. ...Jack's southern drawl. N-COUNT: with supp English Explanatory Dictionary drawl drɔ:l v. & n. --v. 1 intr. speak with drawn-out vowel sounds. 2 tr. utter in this way. --n. a drawling utterance or way of speaking. øødrawler n. [16th c.: prob. orig. cant, f. LG, Du. dralen delay, linger] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Drawl \Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 88 Moby Thesaurus words for "drawl": accent, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, blat, blubber, boom, bray, breathe, broad accent, brogue, burr, buzz, cackle, cautiousness, chant, chirp, circumspection, coo, creeping, croak, crow, deliberateness, deliberation, exclaim, flute, foot-dragging, gasp, growl, grunt, hiss, idleness, indolence, inertia, inertness, keen, languor, laziness, leisureliness, lentitude, lentor, lilt, lisp, mince, mumble, murmur, mutter, pant, pipe, pokiness, quaver, regional accent, reluctance, roar, rumble, scream, screech, shake, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, slackness, sloth, slowness, sluggardy, sluggishness, snap, snarl, snort, sob, squall, squawk, squeal, talk incoherently, tentativeness, thunder, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, whine, whisper, yap, yawp, yell, yelp |
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