drawling


drawl

D0383700 (drôl)v. drawled, drawl·ing, drawls v.intr. To speak with lengthened or drawn-out vowels.v.tr. To utter with lengthened or drawn-out vowels: "We-e-ell," the clerk drawled.n. The speech or manner of speaking of one who drawls: a Southern drawl.
[Probably from Low German drauelen, to loiter, delay.]
drawl′er n.