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drawl |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drawl \Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drawl n : a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels v : in particular, draw out the vowels
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