Dictionary Definition
droning adj : noisy like the sound of a bee; "the
room was abuzz over the latest scandal" [syn: abuzz, buzzing] n : an unchanging
intonation [syn: monotone, drone]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
droning- present participle of drone
Extensive Definition
Drone may refer to:
Nature
- Drone (bee), a male bee
- A male wasp
- A male ant
Vehicles
- Unmanned aerial vehicle
- Unmanned ground vehicle
- Remotely operated vehicle, used underwater
Literature
- Detective Drone, the hero of Victorian crime stories
- A member of the Drones Club in P. G. Wodehouse's novels
- An intelligent machine in the Culture novel series
Film, television and video games
- "Drone" (Voyager episode), an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
- A humanoid that has been assimilated by the Borg in the Star Trek universe
- Drone Weapon, similar to a guided missile, in the Stargate universe
- Three robotic helpers in the film Silent Running
- An antagonistic race in the Halo video game series
Music
- Drone (music), a continuous note or chord
- Drone music, a musical style
- The Drones, an Australian band
- The Drones (British band)
- Drone Records, a record label
- A bumbass, a folk instrument sometimes called a drone
- The part of various musical instruments (such as the bagpipe) that produce the drone sound
- A song by the band Rise Against on the album The Sufferer & the Witness
droning in Danish: Drone
droning in German: Drohne
droning in Simple English: Drone
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, drone, gabble, gibber, gibbering, hum, humming, jabber, jibber, low rumbling, maundering, monotone, monotonic, mouthing, mumble, mumbling, murmuring, mutter, muttering, purring, soniferous, sonorous, sounded, sounding, susurration, thrumming, tonal, toneless, whirring, whisper, whispering, whizzing