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Meaning of "drawling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAWLING

drawling  [ˈdrɔːlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAWLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drawling is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DRAWLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drawling in the English dictionary

The definition of drawling in the dictionary is slow; having elongated vowels.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRAWLING


appalling
əˈpɔːlɪŋ
bawling
ˈbɔːlɪŋ
brawling
ˈbrɔːlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
caterwauling
ˈkætəˌwɔːlɪŋ
crawling
ˈkrɔːlɪŋ
disinthralling
ˌdɪsɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ
enthralling
ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ
falling
ˈfɔːlɪŋ
footballing
ˈfʊtˌbɔːlɪŋ
galling
ˈɡɔːlɪŋ
kerb-crawling
kɜːb ˈkrɔːlɪŋ
morling
ˈmɔːlɪŋ
paintballing
ˈpeɪntˌbɔːlɪŋ
Pauling
ˈpɔːlɪŋ
sprawling
ˈsprɔːlɪŋ
squalling
ˈskwɔːlɪŋ
trawling
ˈtrɔːlɪŋ
unrecalling
ˌʌnrɪˈkɔːlɪŋ
warling
ˈwɔːlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAWLING

drawing card
drawing office
drawing paper
drawing pen
drawing pin
drawing room
drawknife
drawknives
drawl
drawler
drawlingly
drawlingness
drawly
drawn
drawn butter
drawn work
drawn-out
drawn-thread work
drawplate
drawshave

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAWLING

bowling
carpet bowling
cowling
crown green bowling
curb crawling
feeling
five-pin bowling
fowling
handling
howling
kerb crawling
mailing
pair trawling
prowling
Rowling
scowling
seam bowling
tenpin bowling
wildfowling
yowling

Synonyms and antonyms of drawling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DRAWLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drawling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of drawling

Translation of «drawling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAWLING

Find out the translation of drawling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drawling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drawling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拖长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cansina
570 millions of speakers

English

drawling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drawling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشدق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

растягивая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrastada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drawling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

traînante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penarik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schlepp
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drawling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drawling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drawing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

drawling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drawling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेखांकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şekillerin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strascicata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cedząc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розтягуючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tărăgănat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σταθμός άντλησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lijzig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

släpande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slepende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drawling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAWLING»

The term «drawling» is regularly used and occupies the 81.070 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAWLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drawling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAWLING»

Discover the use of drawling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drawling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Drawling, stretching and fainting in coils--: an exhibition
Edited by Diana Thater. Text by Kent Nagano, Bernhart Schwenk.
Diana Thater, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich, Germany), 2008
2
Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems
Page. I never heard such a drawling-atfecting rogue 3. Ford. If I do find it, well. Page. I will not believe such a Cataian', though the priest o' the town commended him for a true man. Ford. 'Twas a good sensible fellow: well. Page. How now,.
William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier, 1858
3
A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Slovenly, sluggish; awkward; tawdry ; untidy; drawling; unclean. Beul is neo- shlaopach glôir, a mouth whose speech is [drawling] not élégant. — Mac Lach. Slaopachd, s.s Slovenliness, sluggishness ; awkwardness; tawdriness ; untidiness ; a ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
4
A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Beul is neo-shlaopach gl&ir, a mouth whose speech is [drawling] not elegant. — Mac Lack, Slaopachd, s.f. Slovenliness, sluggishness ; awkwardness; tawdriness ; untidiness ; a habit of drawling ; uncleanness Slaopair, s. m. (Ir. slapaire.
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
5
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second edition
2 The “Drawling-master” may be based upon the famous art critic, John Ruskin ( 1819-1900), who visited the Liddell children weekly to teach them drawing. 1 The eleventh day was a holiday because the hours 136 LEWIS CARROLL.
Lewis Carroll, Richard Kelly, 2011
6
Nonverbal Communication Across Disciplines: Paralanguage, ...
11 Now 'Yeah,' 'Yep' and 'Nope' are always given as examples of what we do with 'Yes' and 'No' in English and it has become (particularly for foreigners) a sort ofl linguistic myth.12 However, more than drawling and clipping of 'Yes' and 'No',  ...
Fernando Poyatos, 2002
7
Grammardog Guide to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
15 “Well, there was Mystery,” the Mock Turtle replied, counting off the subjects on his flapper, -- 16 “Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling – the Drawling-master was an 17 old conger eel, that used to come once a ...
Lewis Carroll, 2006
8
A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and ...
Now, if we suppose this drawling pronunciation, which, though very sonorous, is precisely speaking, and essentially different from singing ; if we suppose this to have been the conversation pronunciation of the Greeks and Romans, it may ...
John Walker, William Trollope, 1833
9
Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers
Mystery, ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling—the Drawling- master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: he taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils . . . Laughing and Grief . . . (94) There is a ...
Maria Nikolajeva, 2009
10
Annual Meeting: Proceedings, Constitution, List of Active ...
... who have early learned to read well. Owing to defective instruction in their early lessons, many, late in life, have, for the first time, discovered their indistinct, drawling, spiritless and dispiriting style of reading. DUTIES OF FEMALE TEACHERS ...
American Institute of Instruction, 1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAWLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drawling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rain delays fail to derail ruthless Murray
The other, a male, has a relaxed, almost drawling delivery in which the words run in to each other and which makes you expect him to end his ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
When black was better than white From heroes to hit villains
... apart from the unique Jeevan, who was one of the earliest actors to intentionally develop a popular style of hamming and drawling his lines. «Oye! Times, Jul 15»
3
Sean's story: One New Orleans senior struggles to graduate
It was 4:10 a.m., time for Sean Talley to get ready for school. But first, he had one last customer, a drawling drunk guy who sauntered up to the ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
4
Progressive rebels in the American south fight a flag – and the …
... drawling stories of rebellion. But the rebel heroes of their stories were not white, moustached colonels and spies; they are black students who ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Queer Queens of Comedy have the Supreme Court on their side
Shaw, a drawling tough-love grandmother who hails from League City, said she's less in your face than Champlin and Valls. Her act is mostly ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
6
Rom-com light
... two very different guys—a wealthy widower and retiree named Bill (Sam Elliott in full drawling dreamboat mode) and a younger fellow named ... «Chico News & Review, Jul 15»
7
Next Wave #643: Hippo Campus
He's really into London's cockney-drawling King Krule, but also dreamy American-soundscape Beach House. “We work on a moment-to-moment basis,” says ... «Clash Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Film Review: Grímur Hákonarsson's 'Rams'
... drawling comedy barely disguising a deep-winter melancholy, and finally melting away in an unabashedly lyrical ending. 'Rams' has jumped ... «Reykjavík Grapevine, Jul 15»
9
Movie review: "Magic Mike XXL" bigger, if not better, than the original
... the kitchen, while Mike's friends keep a group of golden girls (led by Southern-drawling Andie MacDowell) entertained in the adjoining room. «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
10
Why the racist massacre in Charleston is the tipping point for the fate …
... un-airconditioned, drawling, poverty stricken, overalls bedecked, brutish farm boy landscape of the pre-1960s South. Only the most dedicated ... «Scroll.in, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drawling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drawling>. Apr 2024 ».
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