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   drawl

   /drɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds: "‘Suits me fine,’ he drawled"

   noun

   • 1. a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with prolonged vowel sounds: "a strong Texan drawl"

   Word Origin late 16th century: probably originally slang, from Low German or Dutch dralen ‘delay, linger’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. drawler noun
   • 2. drawly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • D

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • W

     4

   • L

     1

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