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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAWL, v.t. To utter words in a slow lengthened tone.
DRAWL, v.i. To speak with slow utterance.
DRAWL, n. A lengthened utterance of the voice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

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 Reference Dictionary

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. Derivatives: drawler n. Etymology: 16th c.: prob. orig. cant, f. LG, Du. dralen delay, linger

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Drawl Drawl, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Moby Thesaurus

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