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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): /d???l/
- (US) IPA(key): /d??l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d??l/
- (Can we verify(+) this pronunciation?) (US, paragon) IPA(key): /d????w/
- Rhymes: -??l
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 while or dawdle 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; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
- (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
- Template:Landor IC
- talk sometimes a pestilence , and sometimes a hero , mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it
- Template:Landor IC
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 Scots.
Translations
See also
- brogue
- lilt
- lisp
- twang
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drawly
English
Etymology
drawl +? -y
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?d???.li/
Adjective
drawly (comparative drawlier, superlative drawliest)
- (of a voice) Having a drawling sound.
drawly From the web:
- what does drawled mean
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