Drone

Quick meaning: Drone is a noun meaning A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

Meaning

A male ant, bee, or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
2. One who performs menial or tedious work.
3. Any remotely operated or autonomous vehicle for land, sea, air, or space.
4. (Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.
5. (transitive, colloquial) To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.
6. (BDSM) 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.
7. (slang, derogatory) One who lacks the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.

Example Sentences

space drones

aerial drones

All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

by living as a drone, to be an unprofitable or unworthy member of so learned and noble a society

Word Forms

• drones
• droning
• droned

Synonyms for drone

Depending on context, synonyms include drudge, dronepipe, meow, laggard, monotone, droning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dawdler, laggard, monotone, bourdon, bee, bumblebee.

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