drone
nounEtymology
From Middle English drane, from Old English drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu, from Proto-Germanic *drēniz, *drēnuz, *drenô (“an insect, drone”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₁n- (“bee, drone, hornet”). Cognate with Danish drone (“drone”), Dutch dar (“male bee or wasp”), German Drohne, dialectal German Dräne, Trehne, Trene (“drone”), Low German drone (“drone”), Swedish drönje, drönare (“drone”). The etymology of the sense of "remote-controlled aircraft" is disputed; theories include early military UAVs dumbly flying on preset paths.
Definitions
A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.
- All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.
One who does not work
One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
- he that gathereth not every day as much as I doe, the next day shall be set beyond the river, and be banished from the Fort as a drone, till he amend his conditions or starve.
- by living as a drone, to be an unprofitable or unworthy member of so learned and noble a society
One who performs menial or tedious work.
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Any remotely operated or autonomous vehicle for land, sea, air, or space.
- aerial drones
- sea drones
- land drones
A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap…
A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
- The van is locally referred to as "a drone" because it is compact and stable under extreme conditions. It is also very fast. Technically though, it is a Toyota Hiace, which is usually used for commercial purposes.
- He has been arrested several times, transported in drone vans and brutalized in various detention facilities.
One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who…
One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.
- Instead, you got into lockstep with all the other hive-mind libtard drones and voted for the slimy corrupt scumbag bitch who was under *two* active Congressional investigations (a first in history, BTW), Hitlery Clinton.
In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a…
In dronification kink, one who is mindless and obedient to a dominant, characterized by a detached and robotic identity and an anonymous appearance, typically composed of a latex suit and gas mask.
To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.
- “He won’t be waging wars all the world ― he’ll be waging ‘warsuits,’” Noah said. “Droning people with subpoenas all over the globe.”
To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
To speak in a monotone.
A low-pitched hum or buzz.
- He chanted as he flew and the car responded with sonorous drone.
One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
A humming or deep murmuring sound.
- The monotonous drone of the wheel.
The drug mephedrone.
A surname.
The neighborhood
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA