'Droning' definitions:
Definition of 'droning'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Droning'
From: GCIDE
- Drone \Drone\ (dr[=o]n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned; p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr["o]hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr["o]na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr["o]ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. ? dirge, ? to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.]
- 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [1913 Webster]
- Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning kings." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'droning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- birring,
- bombilation,
- bombinating,
- bombination,
- booming,
- burring,
- buzzing,
- drone,
- gabble,
- gibber,
- gibbering,
- hum,
- humming,
- jabber,
- jibber,
- low rumbling,
- maundering,
- monotone,
- monotonic,
- mouthing,
- mumble,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- mutter,
- muttering,
- purring,
- soniferous,
- sonorous,
- sounded,
- sounding,
- susurration,
- thrumming,
- tonal,
- toneless,
- whirring,
- whisper,
- whispering,
- whizzing