Droning

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drone \Drone\ (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Droned}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Droning}.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G.
     dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw.
     dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus
     sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf.
     {Drone}, n.]


     1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or
        murmuring sound.
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              Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T.
                                                    Gray.
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     2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning
        kings." --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "droning":
     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