drawl

== English == === Etymology === From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw +‎ -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɹɔːl/ (US) IPA(key): /dɹɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɹɑl/ Rhymes: -ɔːl === Verb === drawl (third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled) (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently. (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner. (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === drawl (plural drawls) A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === brogue lilt lisp twang