drawl /drɔːl $ drɒːl/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from ⇨ ↑ draw 1 ]
to speak slowly, with vowel sounds that are longer than usual:
‘Can’t do that,’ he drawled languidly.
—drawl noun [singular] :
‘What you got there?’ he asked in a slow Texan drawl.