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1. (n.) drone
the male of the honeybee and other bees that is stingless and makes no honey.
2. drone
a craft operated by remote control, esp. a pilotless airplane guided by radio signals.
3. drone
a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer.
4. drone
a drudge.
5. (v.i.) drone
to make a continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.
6. drone
to speak in a monotonous tone.
7. drone
to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usu. fol. by on).
8. (v.t.) drone
to say in a dull, monotonous tone.
9. (n.) drone
a musical instrument or one of its parts producing a continuous low tone, esp. a bagpipe.
10. drone
a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound.
Etymology: (1490–1500; see drone1 and cf. ME droun to roar, Icel drynja to bellow, Go drunjus noise)
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| Definition of 'drone' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) drone
stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2. (noun) monotone, drone, droning
an unchanging intonation
3. (noun) dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
4. (noun) drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
5. (verb) drone, drone pipe, bourdon
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
6. (verb) drone
make a monotonous low dull sound
"The harmonium was droning on"
7. (verb) drone, drone on
talk in a monotonous voice
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| Definition of 'drone' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) drone
to utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound
2. (noun) drone
to love in idleness; to do nothing
3. (verb) drone
the male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee
4. (verb) drone
one who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard
5. (verb) drone
that which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth
6. (verb) drone
a humming or deep murmuring sound
7. (verb) drone
a monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. drone
Ignorant sales or customer service personnel in computer or
electronics superstores. Characterized by a lack of even superficial
knowledge about the products they sell, yet possessed of the conviction
that they are more competent than their hacker customers. Usage:
“That video board probably sucks, it was recommended by a drone at
Fry's” In the year 2000, their natural habitats include Fry's
Electronics, Best Buy, and CompUSA.
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| Definition of 'drone' |
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. drone
A land, sea, or air vehicle that is remotely or automatically controlled. See also remotely piloted vehicle.
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Sense: the male of the bee.
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 Afrikaans: hommel |
 Arabic: ذَكَر النَّحِل |
 Bulgarian: търтей |
 Brazilian: zangão |
 Czech: trubec |
 German: die Drohne |
 Danish: drone |
 Greek: κηφήνας |
 Spanish: zángano |
 Estonian: leskmesilane, isamesilane |
 Farsi: زنبور عسل نر |
 Finnish: kuhnuri |
 French: faux-bourdon |
 Hebrew: דָבּוּר |
 Hindi: नर मधुमक्खी |
 Croatian: trut |
 Hungarian: here (méh) |
 Indonesian: lebah jantan |
 Icelandic: karlbÿfluga |
 Italian: fuco |
 Japanese: 雄蜂 |
 Korean: 수펄 |
 Lithuanian: tranas |
 Latvian: trans |
 Malay: lebah jantan |
 Dutch: hommel |
 Norwegian: drone, hannbie |
 Polish: truteń |
 Persian: زنبور عسل نر |
 Pashto: د عسلو نر غومبسه |
 Portuguese: zangão |
 Romanian: trântor |
 Russian: трутень |
 Slovak: trúd |
 Slovenian: trot |
 Serbian: trut |
 Swedish: drönare |
 Thai: ผึ้งตัวผู้ |
 Turkish: erkek arı |
 Taiwanese: 雄蜂 |
 Ukrainian: трутень |
 Urdu: نر مکھی |
 Vietnamese: ong mật đực |
 Chinese: 雄蜂 |
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