plural of drawl

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drawl

A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

(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.

plural of drawling

present participle of drawl

The act of speaking with a drawl.

simple past tense and past participle of drawl

plural of Southern drawl

(phonetics) The diphthongisation or triphthongisation of the vowels /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)], occurring in English spoken in the Southern United States.