DRONE
What does "DRONE" mean?
A low continuous humming sound, or an unmanned aircraft flown remotely.
Meanings
- An unmanned aircraft or vehicle guided by remote control or onboard computers. The photographer launched a drone to film the coastline from above.
- A low, continuous humming or buzzing sound. The drone of the air conditioner eventually lulled her to sleep.
- A male honeybee that does no work and exists to mate with the queen. Once the mating season ends, the workers drive the drones out of the hive. technical
- To make a continuous low humming sound, or to speak in a dull, monotonous way. He droned on about quarterly figures until half the room had glazed over.
Did you know?
- A drone bee's mating success is fatal: his endophallus tears away inside the queen during flight, and he drops dead moments later.
Word origin
From Old English 'dran', the male honeybee, related to a Germanic root imitating a low buzzing sound; the 'humming noise' and modern 'aircraft' senses grew from that bee.
Remember it
A DRONE bee just DRONES around the hive doing no work - lazy buzz, no sting.
A little poem
One note in the sky-
a wasp that will not land, an
eye that will not blink.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my drone a long boring story and it just hovered there - turns out it was already droning on.
What it teaches
A single sustained note can be music or tedium; the difference is whether anything moves around it.
Quick facts
What does DRONE mean?
A low continuous humming sound, or an unmanned aircraft flown remotely.
Is DRONE a valid word?
Yes — DRONE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRONE?
DRONE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRONE come from?
From Old English 'dran', the male honeybee, related to a Germanic root imitating a low buzzing sound; the 'humming noise' and modern 'aircraft' senses grew from that bee.
What can DRONE teach us?
A single sustained note can be music or tedium; the difference is whether anything moves around it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.