Definition of
drawl has definitions from the field of linguistics
1
[ verb ] lengthen and slow down or draw out

Examples

"drawl one's vowels"

Used in print

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

`` Might get there faster walkin '' ' , Lord drawled , `` seein ' as how I got a busted front spring .

Related terms

pronounce drawler

2
[ noun ] (linguistics) a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He was a wiry , inscrutable , silent country boy from the red_clay of rural Alabama , and he spoke with the broad drawl that others normally make_fun of .

Related terms

accent

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Rhymes with

brawl crawl sprawl thrall scrawl enthral

Phonetic and Homophones

D R AO1 L

Similar Spelling

dryly drool droll drily drill Dralle

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