drone

Definitions of drone in various dictionaries:

noun - stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

noun - an unchanging intonation

noun - someone who takes more time than necessary

noun - an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

noun - a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

verb - make a monotonous low dull sound

verb - talk in a monotonous voice

A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey.

An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.

A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.

To make a continuous low dull humming sound: “Somewhere an electric fan droned without end” (William Styron).

To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours.

To utter in a monotonous low tone: “The mosquitoes droned their angry chant” (W.

A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.

Music.

Any of the pipes of a bagpipe tuned to produce a single tone.

A single sustained tone.

verb - to make a continuous low sound