stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

an unchanging intonation

[ Syn: monotone , droning ]

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

[ Syn: dawdler , laggard , lagger , trailer , poke ]

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

[ Syn: pilotless aircraft , radio-controlled aircraft ]

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

[ Syn: drone pipe , bourdon ]

make a monotonous low dull sound; The harmonium was droning on'

talk in a monotonous voice

[ Syn: drone on ]