26984 words

drawl

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
a slow way of speaking in which the vowel sounds are made longer and words are not separated clearly:

Examples:

a southern/Texan/mid-Atlantic drawl
2
to speak in a slow way in which the vowel sounds are made longer and words are not separated clearly:

Examples:

[ + speech ] "Hey, what's the rush? Slow down, baby!" he drawled.
3
a way of speaking esp. in the southern US in which some vowel sounds are made longer and which therefore seems slower than usual:

Examples:

He had bright blue eyes and a beautiful southern drawl.

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