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Definition of drawl verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

drawl

verb

NAmE//drɔl//

[transitive, intransitive] + speech drawl (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they drawl

he / she / it drawls

past simple drawled

-ing form drawling

to speak or say something slowly with vowel sounds that are longer than usual “Hi there!” she drawled lazily. He had a smooth, drawling voice.

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drawl noun [singular]

She spoke in a slow Southern drawl.See drawl in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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