gedehnte Aussprache — meaning in English
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English meaning
- drawl verb To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
Senses
gedehnte Aussprache is used for these senses in English:
- drawl A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together, characteristic of some Southern US accents, as well as Broad Australian, Broad New Zealand, and Scots.
drawl — full definition
- verb To drag on slowly and heavily; to dawdle or while away time indolently.
- verb To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.
- verb To move slowly and heavily; to move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.
- verb To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.