drone

Meanings

• stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
• an unchanging intonation
• someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
• an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
• a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
• make a monotonous low dull sound
• talk in a monotonous voice

Synonyms

bourdon, dawdler, drone on, drone pipe, droning, laggard, lagger, monotone, pilotless aircraft, poke, radio-controlled aircraft, trailer