drawl

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Synonyms: draw, drawn, brawl, crawl, wrawl, trawl, drail, draws, drawk, rawl, dral

Antonyms: draw, drawn, brawl, crawl, wrawl, trawl, drail, draws, drawk, rawl, dral

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[drag on]] [[slowly]] and [[heavily]]; to [[dawdle]] or [[while away]] [[time]] [[indolently]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[utter]] or [[pronounce]] in a [[dull]], [[spiritless]] [[tone]], as if by [[drag out|dragging out]] the [[utterance]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] [[slowly]] and [[heavily]]; to move in a [[dull]], [[slow]], [[lazy]] manner.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[speak]] with a [[slow]], [[spiritless]] [[utterance]], as from [[affectation]], [[laziness]], or [[lack]] of [[interest]].

Noun

1. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some [[w:Southern American English|Southern US accents]], as well as [[w:Australian_English|Broad Australian]], [[w:New_ Zealand_English|Broad New Zealand]]{{,}} and [[w:Scots_language|Scots]].

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