"drawl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɹɔːl/ [UK], /dɹɔl/ [US], /dɹɑl/ [cot-caught-merger], /d͡ʒɹɑːw/ (note: US, paragon) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drawl.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drawls [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|draw}} draw, {{suffix|en|draw|le}} draw + -le, {{m|en|draggle}} draggle, {{cog|nl|dralen||to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle}} Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), {{m|da|dravle||to linger, loiter}} dravle (“to linger, loiter”), {{cog|is|dralla||to loiter, linger}} Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} drawl (plural drawls)
  1. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand and Scots. Categories (topical): Talking Derived forms: Southern drawl Related terms: brogue, lilt, lisp, twang Translations (way of speaking slowly): провлечен говор (provlečen govor) (Bulgarian), jižanský přízvuk (Czech), pomalý styl řeči (Czech), gedehnte Aussprache [feminine] (German), gedehnte Sprechweise [feminine] (German), strascico [masculine] (Italian), razvlačenje (Serbo-Croatian), otezanje (Serbo-Croatian), sludder (Swedish), släpigt tal (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drawl-en-noun-qQFGpoj3 Disambiguation of Talking: 25 19 21 10 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 18 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 26 17 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 24 16 15 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 23 25 17 17 18

Verb

IPA: /dɹɔːl/ [UK], /dɹɔl/ [US], /dɹɑl/ [cot-caught-merger], /d͡ʒɹɑːw/ (note: US, paragon) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drawl.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drawls [present, singular, third-person], drawling [participle, present], drawled [participle, past], drawled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːl Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|draw}} draw, {{suffix|en|draw|le}} draw + -le, {{m|en|draggle}} draggle, {{cog|nl|dralen||to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle}} Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), {{m|da|dravle||to linger, loiter}} dravle (“to linger, loiter”), {{cog|is|dralla||to loiter, linger}} Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} drawl (third-person singular simple present drawls, present participle drawling, simple past and past participle drawled)
  1. (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-drawl-en-verb-~YTQ5GiI Disambiguation of Talking: 25 19 21 10 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 18 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 26 17 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 24 16 15 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 23 25 17 17 18
  2. (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-drawl-en-verb-3as6do~9 Disambiguation of Talking: 25 19 21 10 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 18 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 26 17 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 24 16 15 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 23 25 17 17 18
  3. (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-drawl-en-verb-ldONBTk6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 18 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 26 17 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 24 16 15 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 23 25 17 17 18
  4. (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to speak with a drawl): говоря провлечено (govorja provlečeno) (Bulgarian), mumlat [imperfective] (Czech), zamumlat [perfective] (Czech), mluvit pomalu [imperfective] (Czech), lijzig spreken (Dutch), gedehnt sprechen (German), schleppend sprechen (German), tărăgăna (Romanian), razvlačiti (Serbo-Croatian), otezati (Serbo-Croatian), söla (Swedish), розтягувати слова (roztjahuvaty slova) (Ukrainian), протягнути (protjahnuty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-drawl-en-verb-RshnRVjG Disambiguation of Talking: 25 19 21 10 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 29 18 11 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 26 17 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 24 16 15 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 23 25 17 17 18 Disambiguation of 'to speak with a drawl': 0 0 0 100

Inflected forms

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          "word": "провлечен говор"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "jižanský přízvuk"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "pomalý styl řeči"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gedehnte Aussprache"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gedehnte Sprechweise"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "strascico"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "razvlačenje"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "otezanje"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "sludder"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
          "word": "släpigt tal"
        }
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      "ipa": "/dɹɔːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɹɑːw/",
      "note": "US, paragon"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔːl"
    },
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}
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        "singular",
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        "To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently."
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        "(transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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        "To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance."
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner."
      ],
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        [
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          "move"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest."
      ],
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        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
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          "affectation",
          "affectation"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/dɹɔːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɹɑːw/",
      "note": "US, paragon"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːl"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drawl.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "govorja provlečeno",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "говоря провлечено"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zamumlat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mluvit pomalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "lijzig spreken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "gedehnt sprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "schleppend sprechen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "tărăgăna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "razvlačiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "otezati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "söla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "roztjahuvaty slova",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "розтягувати слова"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protjahnuty",
      "sense": "to speak with a drawl",
      "word": "протягнути"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drawl"
}

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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "brogue"
    },
    {
      "word": "lilt"
    },
    {
      "word": "lisp"
    },
    {
      "word": "twang"
    }
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/dɹɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹɑl/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒɹɑːw/",
      "note": "US, paragon"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːl"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "provlečen govor",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "провлечен говор"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "jižanský přízvuk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "pomalý styl řeči"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gedehnte Aussprache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gedehnte Sprechweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strascico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "razvlačenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "otezanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "sludder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "way of speaking slowly",
      "word": "släpigt tal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drawl"
}

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