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(verb) talk in a monotonous voice |
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Synonyms: drone on |
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Related Words: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalize |
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(verb) make a monotonous low dull sound |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(noun) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (esp. honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen |
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Related Words: bee |
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(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone |
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Synonyms: bourdon, drone pipe |
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Related Words: pipe, tabor pipe |
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(noun) a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control |
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Synonyms: pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft |
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Related Words: aircraft |
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(noun) an unchanging intonation |
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Synonyms: droning, monotone |
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Related Words: intonation, pitch contour |
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(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary |
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Synonyms: dawdler, laggard |
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Related Words: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, lingerer, loafer, loiterer, plodder, potterer, putterer, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, straggler |
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