drone
IPA: drˈoʊn
noun
- A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
- (metonymically): One who performs menial or tedious work.
- A remotely operated vehicle:
- (metonymically): An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
- (expansion of the sense "an unmanned or remotely operated aircraft"): (chiefly military) Any remotely-operated vehicle (ROV), such as a tank or boat, especially when multiple such vehicles are operated from a larger vessel.
- (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- (chiefly Internet slang, derogatory) A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
- (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
- A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, colloquial) To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft.
- To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
- To speak in a monotone.
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Examples of "drone" in Sentences
- The ison is typically droned against the melody.
- The problem is the wrong drones are at the wheel
- The fur of the drone is longer than that of the females.
- Inside the hive, the drones are not affected by the odor.
- When the drone is in operation, the crew departs the boat.
- Reflecting this are the existence of drones in the population.
- As ordered, the drone arrives at Sickbay for a medical checkup.
- The tambura is the traditional drone instrument used in concerts.
- The Doctor reveals that the drone is the result of a transporter accident.