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drawling

drawling noun: the act of speaking with a drawl. Also the present participle and gerund of drawl.

Noun

drawling (plural drawlings)

  1. The act of speaking with a drawl.
    • […] if I yawn over your imperfect sentences, your repeated phrases, your false pathos, your drawlings and denouncingsyour humming and hawing, your oh-ing and ah-ing, your black gloves and your white handkerchief.1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers

Also used as

drawling is also the present participle and gerund of drawl.

Forms of drawling

pluraldrawlings

Questions about drawling

What does drawling mean?
Drawling means the act of speaking with a drawl.
What part of speech is drawling?
Drawling is a noun.
What is the plural of drawling?
The plural of drawling is drawlings.

Words near drawling in the dictionary

  1. drawled
  2. drawler
  3. drawlers
  4. drawlier
  5. drawliest
  6. drawling
  7. drawlingly
  8. drawlingness
  9. drawlings
  10. drawlink
  11. drawlinks

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