DRAWLS

Noun

drawls

plural of drawl

Verb

drawls

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drawl

Source: Wiktionary


DRAWL

Drawl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle.]

Definition: To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawl, v. i.

Definition: 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, n.

Definition: A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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