drone

n 1: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (esp.

honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

2: an unchanging intonation [syn: {monotone}, {droning}]

3: someone who takes more time than necessary [syn: {dawdler},

{laggard}]

4: a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control [syn: {pilotless

aircraft}, {radio-controlled aircraft}]

5: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single

continuous tone [syn: {drone pipe}, {bourdon}]

v 1: make a monotonous low dull sound

2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: {drone on}]