drawl

/dɹɔːl/ · noun

Meaning

A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

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