drawl
verb/drɔːl/
/drɔːl/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they drawl | /drɔːl/ /drɔːl/ |
| he / she / it drawls | /drɔːlz/ /drɔːlz/ |
| past simple drawled | /drɔːld/ /drɔːld/ |
| past participle drawled | /drɔːld/ /drɔːld/ |
| -ing form drawling | /ˈdrɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈdrɔːlɪŋ/ |
- + speech | drawl (something) 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.
- ‘Come in!’ he drawled softly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- lazily
- slowly
- softly
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen ‘delay, linger’.Want to learn more?
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