droning

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droning

  • /ˈdɹəʊnɪŋ/ UK
  • /ˈdɹoʊnɪŋ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊnɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of drone

noun dronings

  1. countable, uncountable A dull humming sound. For a long while a man may hear the droning of little insects and yet not be aware that he hath heard them, so may the gods not hear our prayers at first until they have been very oft repeated.
  2. countable, uncountable Tedious and monotonous speech or writing. Just be glad you never had to suffer my dronings first hand, Rufe.

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noun dull humming

Españolzumbido, abejeo
中文嗡嗡声 wēngwēng shēng
Françaisbourdonnement
DeutschGebrumm
עבריתזִמְזוּם zimzúm

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@misc{droning_2026,
  title = {droning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/droning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}