Drone - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|drəʊn|
Brit.
|drəʊn|
noun
- stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
- an unchanging intonation (syn: monotone)
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (syn: dawdler, laggard, poke, trailer)
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone (syn: bourdon)
- an unchanging intonation (syn: monotone)
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind (syn: dawdler, laggard, poke, trailer)
- an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
- a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone (syn: bourdon)
verb
- make a monotonous low dull sound
- talk in a monotonous voice
- talk in a monotonous voice
Extra examples
We could hear wasps droning in the garden.
...the sound of droning bees all around us...
As the teacher droned on, one by one the class fell asleep.
An airplane droned overhead.
Whatever is the speaker droning on about now?
Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: drone
he/she/it: drones
present participle: droning
past tense: droned
past participle: droned
I/you/we/they: drone
he/she/it: drones
present participle: droning
past tense: droned
past participle: droned
noun
singular: drone
plural: drones
singular: drone
plural: drones
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