0 past simple and past participle of drone
1 to make a low continuous noise that does not change its note:
An airplane droned in the background.
As the planes droned home in the gathering darkness, the admiral faced an agonizing decision.
I watched her feet trip lightly as a piper droned her way.
They radioed back the location of the batteries, then droned in a wide circle, waiting to spot their own gunners' exploding shells.
The solitary voice that droned on alone in the first issue soon gained more voices, who took turns mimeographing the 15 issues of the first series.
