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drawl

UK/dɹɔːl/ US/dɹɔl/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

verb

1.

lengthen and slow down or draw out

  • “drawl one”

Origin

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”).

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