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  • 81drone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. monotone, hum, buzz. See repetition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A continuous sound] Syn. hum, buzz, vibration; see noise 1 . 2. [An idle person] Syn. idler, loafer, parasite; see loafer . v. Syn. hum,… …

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  • 82drone — pl.m. droni …

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  • 83drone — англ. [дро/ун] басовая трубка волынки …

    Словарь иностранных музыкальных терминов

  • 84drone — drəʊn n. stingless male bee; UAV, unmanned small aircraft that is operated by remote control; monotone, low and continuous dull sound; buzzing noise; humming sound; (Music) any bagpipe without finger holes that produces a single tone, bourdon;… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 85drone — i. An aerial vehicle that is remotely or automatically controlled. Normally used as a decoy to confuse enemy radars. Also used as a target or tow vehicle for tow bodies that are meant to be used as targets. ii. The low, monotonous, humming sound… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 86drone fly — noun a hoverfly resembling a honeybee. [Eristalis tenax.] …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 87drone — verb make a continuous low humming sound. ↘speak tediously and at length: Jim droned on for an hour. noun 1》 a low continuous humming sound.     ↘a pipe (especially in a set of bagpipes) or string used to sound a continuous note of low pitch. 2》… …

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  • 88drone — I n parasite, leech, sponger, Inf. sponge, Inf. deadbeat; do nothing, idler, fainéant, loafer, Inf. bum, sluggard, slugabed, lazybones; laggard, loiterer, lounger, lingerer, trifler, dawdler, dallier; daydreamer, lotus eater; shirker, goldbrick,… …

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  • 89ˌdrone ˈon — phrasal verb to talk about something for a long time in a very boring way …

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  • 90drone pipe — /ˈdroʊn paɪp/ (say drohn puyp) noun → didjeridu …