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Raredrawl
The correct spelling is drawl.
How to pronounce drawl
/dɹɔːl/
nounIPA: /dɹɔːl/
Say it like: Dra-wl
The correct spelling is drawl. A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.
verb
- 1.To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently.
- 2.To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
- 3.To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
- 4.To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.
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