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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drone1 /droʊn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Insectsthe male of the honeybee and other bees.
- a craft operated by remote control:They sent the drone over enemy territory.
- a person who lives on the work of others;
a loafer. - a boring, uninteresting person.
drone2 /droʊn/USA pronunciation v., droned, dron•ing, n. v. [no object] - to make a continued, low, monotonous sound:We listened to the plane engine drone on until we fell asleep.
- to speak in or proceed in a dull, monotonous manner:[~ (+ on)]The meeting droned on for hours.
n. [countable] - Music and Dancea musical instrument or one of its parts producing a continuous low tone, esp. a bagpipe.
- a monotonous low tone:the steady drone of the airplane.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drone1 (drōn),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsthe male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey. See illus. under bee.
- a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat.
- a person who lives on the labor of others;
parasitic loafer. - a drudge.
- bef. 1000; 1945–50 for def. 2; Middle English drone, drane, Old English dran, dron; akin to Old High German treno, German Drohne
- to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound;
hum;
buzz. - to speak in a monotonous tone.
- to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually fol. by on):The meeting droned on for hours.
v.t. - to say in a dull, monotonous tone.
n. - Music and Dance
- a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments.
- the pipes (esp. of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone.
- a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.
- a monotonous low tone;
humming or buzzing sound. - a person who speaks in a monotonous tone.
- see drone1 and compare Middle English droun to roar, Icelandic drynja to bellow, Gothic drunjus noise 1490–1500
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