How to pronounce“drone”in English
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Definitions of “drone”
A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
“All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.”
One who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
“SHYLOCK: / The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, / Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day / More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me; / Therefore I part with him; and part with him / To one what I would have him help to waste / His borrowed purse. […]”
To kill or destroy with a drone (unmanned aircraft), or with a missile fired by a drone.
“"I have a lot of advice for him," Ayers said in the interview, aired Tuesday night. "I want him to stop droning people. I want him to close Guantanamo. I want universal healthcare. Don't you think we deserve universal healthcare? Seriously."”