[drawl] 
| 1. | to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels. |
| 2. | an act or utterance of a person who drawls. |
| 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. |