How to pronounce drone

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What drone means

verb

Most people know drone in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To talk for a long time in a flat, boring voice

In a sentence: The speaker droned on about tax forms until half the room was yawning.

Where it comes from: This drone comes from a Middle English word meaning to roar or boom, from an old root for low humming sounds.

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