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Definitions for Drone

[1] the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
[2] an unmanned aircraft or ship that can navigate autonomously, without human control or beyond line of sight: the GPS of a U.S. spy drone. (loosely) any unmanned aircraft or ship that is guided remotely: a radio-controlled drone.
[3] a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer.
[4] a drudge.
[5] to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.
[6] to speak in a monotonous tone.
[7] to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually followed by on ): The meeting droned on for hours.
[8] to say in a dull, monotonous tone.
[9] Music . a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. the pipes (especially of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
[10] a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound.
[11] a person who speaks in a monotonous tone.
[12] a male bee in a colony of social bees, whose sole function is to mate with the queen
[13] British a person who lives off the work of others
[14] a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft
[15] (intr) to make a monotonous low dull sound; buzz or hum
[16] (when intr, often foll by on ) to utter (words) in a monotonous tone, esp to talk without stopping
[17] a monotonous low dull sound
[18] music a sustained bass note or chord of unvarying pitch accompanying a melody (as modifier ) a drone bass
[19] music one of the single-reed pipes in a set of bagpipes, used for accompanying the melody played on the chanter
[20] a person who speaks in a low monotonous tone

Words related to Drone

purr, whirr, parasite, loafer, idler, sluggard, slug, leech, lounger, sponger, sound, vibration, hum, murmur, buzz, drawl, vibrate, intone, strum, chant

Words nearby Drone

dromomania, dromond, dromos, dromotropic, dronabinol, drone, drone aircraft, drongo, dronklap, dronkverdriet, droob

Origin of Drone

21490–1500; see drone1 and compare Middle English droun to roar, Icelandic drynja to bellow, Gothic drunjus noise

Other words from Drone

dron·ish , adjective
dron·er , noun
dron·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Drone

C16: related to drone 1 and Middle Dutch drōnen, German dröhnen

Synonyms for Drone

idler, leech, loafer, lounger, parasite, slug, sluggard, sponger