drone

/dɹəʊn//dɹoʊn/

noun

  1. 1

    A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.

  2. 2

    Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

  3. 3

    One who performs menial or tedious work.

  4. 4

    A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

    One team member launched a camera drone over the Third Pole.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.

noun

  1. 1

    A low-pitched hum or buzz.

  2. 2

    One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

  3. 3

    A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.

  4. 4

    A humming or deep murmuring sound.

verb

  1. 1

    To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.

  2. 2

    To speak in a monotone way.

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