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drawl
[drawl] 
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 1. | to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels. |
–noun
| 2. | an act or utterance of a person who drawls. |
Origin:
1590–1600; < D or LG dralen to linger
1590–1600; < D or LG dralen to linger
Related forms:
drawler, noun
drawl⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
drawl⋅ing⋅ness, noun
drawly, adjective
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| drawl (drôl) v. drawled, drawl·ing, drawls v. intr. To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels. v. tr. To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels: "We-e-ell," the clerk drawled. n. The speech or manner of speaking of one who drawls: a Southern drawl. [Probably from Low German drauelen, to loiter, delay.] drawl'er n. |
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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.Drawl
Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.
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Language Translation for : drawl
Spanish:
hablar arrastrando las palabras,
German:
dehnen,
Japanese:
ゆっくり話す
drawl (v.)
1597, probably from M.Du. dralen, E.Fris. draulen "to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of draw.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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