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present participle of drone
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1
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound
- the sound of droning bees all around us
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2
to spend time doing nothing
- instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents
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“Droning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droning. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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