Associations to the word «Drawling»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
DRAWL, verb. (transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.
DRAWL, verb. (transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
DRAWL, verb. (intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy mannner.
DRAWL, verb. (intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
DRAWL, noun. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
Dictionary definition
DRAWL, noun. A slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels.
DRAWL, verb. Lengthen and slow down or draw out; "drawl one's vowels".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.