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DRONING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unchanging intonation

Synonyms:

drone; droning; monotone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("droning" is a kind of...):

intonation; modulation; pitch contour (rise and fall of the voice pitch)

Derivation:

drone (talk in a monotonous voice)

drone (make a monotonous low dull sound)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb drone

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