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drone

Definition

  • noun: a deep continuous sound
  • noun: a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
  • verb: to make a continuous low humming sound
  • verb: to make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound
  • usually singular
  • synonyms: indian file, accompaniment, alliteration

Examples

  • She had trouble keeping awake as he 'droned on' about himself.

  • the endless 'drone' of washing machines at the laundry

  • the 'drone' of passing traffic

Movie quotes

  • (..) has been pulled out of there. He's been receiving death threats, after being named publicly in a lawsuit, by the family of a victim of a US drone attack. Richard Engel quotes a senior intelligence official as saying, the officer is returning to the US, after the decision was made that... (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty