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Audio Help [drohn] Pronunciation Key verb, droned, dron·ing, noun

–verb (used without object)

1.	to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.

2.	to speak in a monotonous tone.

3.	to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually fol. by on): The meeting droned on for hours.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to say in a dull, monotonous tone.

–noun

Music.

a.	a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments.

b.	the pipes (esp. of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone.

c.	a bagpipe equipped with such pipes.

6.	a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound.

7.	a person who speaks in a monotonous tone.

[Origin: 1490–1500; see drone¹ and cf. ME droun to roar, Icel drynja to bellow, Goth drunjus noise

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—Related forms

droner, noun

dron·ing·ly, adverb

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drone² Audio Help   (drōn) Pronunciation Key
v.   droned, dron·ing, drones

v.   intr.

To make a continuous low dull humming sound: "Somewhere an electric fan droned without end" (William Styron).
To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours.
To pass or act in a monotonous way.

v. tr.
To utter in a monotonous low tone: "The mosquitoes droned their angry chant" (W. Somerset Maugham).

n.

A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.
Music
1. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone.
2. A long sustained tone.
3. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch.