'Drawl' definitions:
Definition of 'drawl'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
verb
Lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels"
Definition of 'Drawl'
From: GCIDE
- Drawl \Drawl\, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Drawl'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Drawl'
From: GCIDE
- Drawl \Drawl\, v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drawl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- bark,
- bawl,
- bellow,
- blare,
- blat,
- blubber,
- boom,
- bray,
- breathe,
- broad accent,
- brogue,
- burr,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- cautiousness,
- chant,
- chirp,
- circumspection,
- coo,
- creeping,
- croak,
- crow,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- exclaim,
- flute,
- foot-dragging,
- gasp,
- growl,
- grunt,
- hiss,
- idleness,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- keen,
- languor,
- laziness,
- leisureliness,
- lentitude,
- lentor,
- lilt,
- lisp,
- mince,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- pant,
- pipe,
- pokiness,
- quaver,
- regional accent,
- reluctance,
- roar,
- rumble,
- scream,
- screech,
- shake,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sigh,
- sing,
- slackness,
- sloth,
- slowness,
- sluggardy,
- sluggishness,
- snap,
- snarl,
- snort,
- sob,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- talk incoherently,
- tentativeness,
- thunder,
- trumpet,
- twang,
- wail,
- warble,
- whine,
- whisper,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp