Definition of: drawl

(drôl) v.t. & v.i.
To speak or pronounce slowly; to lengthen speech sounds, especially vowels.
—noun The act of drawling; the attenuation of sounds giving an impression of slowness of speech: said of the patterns of speech in part of the southern United States. [Cf. Du. dralen loiter]
—drawl′er noun
—drawl′ing·ly adverb
—drawl′y adjective