drawl
[ drawl ]
/ drɔl /
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verb (used with or without object)
to say or speak in a slow manner, usually prolonging the vowels.
noun
an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
Nearby words
- drawing room,
- drawing table,
- drawing-in,
- drawing-room comedy,
- drawknife,
- drawn,
- drawn butter,
- drawn work,
- drawn-out,
- drawplate
Origin of drawl
1590–1600; < Dutch or Low German dralen to linger
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drawl
/ (drɔːl) /
verb
to speak or utter (words) slowly, esp prolonging the vowel sounds
noun
the way of speech of someone who drawls
Word Origin for drawl
C16: probably frequentative of draw
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drawl
1590s, perhaps from Middle Dutch dralen, East Frisian draulen "to linger, delay," apparently an intensive of the root of draw (v.). Or else a native formation along the same lines. Related: Drawled; drawling. As a noun from 1760.
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