3 entries under this word

Drawl

Drawl, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DRAWLED; p. pr. & vb. n. DRAWLING.] [D. dralen, O. D. draelen, to linger, tarry.] To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

verbintransitive

v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of interest or spirit, or affectation.

Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.

noun

n. A lengthened utterance of the voice.