droning

Meaning of droning

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make a continuous low humming sound.
    in the far distance a machine droned

Old English drān, drǣn ‘male bee’, from a West Germanic verb meaning ‘resound, boom’; related to Dutch dreunen ‘to drone’, German dröhnen ‘to roar’, and Swedish dröna ‘to drowse’.

Information about droning

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of droning

dron-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • droning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

droning synonyms

Meaning abuzz:

abuzz, buzzing

Meaning monotone:

monotone, drone

Meaning make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee:

hum

Meaning make a low, continuous humming sound:

buzz

Meaning (of something rapidly rotating or moving to and fro) make a low, continuous, regular sound:

whir

Meaning (of a sound) resonate; continue to be heard:

vibrate

Meaning say something in a low or indistinct voice:

murmur

Meaning make a continuous deep, resonant sound:

rumble

Meaning (of a cat) make a low continuous vibratory sound expressing contentment:

purr

Meaning make a sharp sibilant sound as of the letter s:

hiss

Meaning speak very softly using one's breath rather than one's throat, especially for the sake of secrecy:

whisper

Meaning emit a long, deep audible breath expressing sadness, relief, tiredness, or similar:

sigh

Anagrams of droning

Grondin

Words that rhyme with droning

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