Drawls meaning : A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots. To drag on slowly and heavily; to while or dawdle away time indolently. To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance. To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner. To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.