DRONE

Drone

In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece. The word drone is also used to refer to any part of a musical instrument that is just used to produce such an effect.

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drone

Noun

  1. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilise the queen ().
  2. Someone who doesn't work; a lazy person, an idler.
  3. A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, ).
    Strikes from drones take many innocent lives.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
  3. One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
  4. A genre of music similar to that of noise.
  5. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

Verb

  1. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
  2. To speak in a monotone way.


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