# drawl

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɹɔːl/ · frequency rank #54,135

## Definitions
1. To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while 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; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
4. To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

## Etymology
From a modern frequentative form of draw, equivalent to draw + -le. Compare draggle. Compare also Dutch dralen (“to drag out, delay, linger, tarry, dawdle”), Old Danish dravle (“to linger, loiter”), Icelandic dralla (“to loiter, linger”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/drawl