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bom⋅bi⋅nate

  [bom-buh-neyt]
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–verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
to make a humming or buzzing noise.
Origin:
1875–80; < NL bombinātus, ptp. of bombināre, appar. coined by Rabelais on basis of L bombilāre to hum, buzz < Gk bombyliázein, deriv. of bómbos; see bomb

Related forms:
bom⋅bi⋅na⋅tion, noun
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bom·bi·nate   (bŏm'bĭ-nāt')   
intr.v.   bom·bi·nat·ed, bom·bi·nat·ing, bom·bi·nates
To buzz; hum.

[Late Latin bombināre, bombināt-, variant of Latin bombilāre, from bombus, a rumbling, buzzing; see bomb.]
bom'bi·na'tion n.
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