bugle vs drone

bugle

noun
  • The sound of something that bugles. 

  • A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series 

  • A sort of wild ox; a buffalo. 

  • A plant in the family Lamiaceae grown as a ground cover Ajuga reptans, and other plants in the genus Ajuga. 

  • A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothes as a decorative trim 

  • A horn used by hunters. 

  • Anything shaped like a bugle, round or conical and having a bell on one end. 

verb
  • To announce, sing, or cry in the manner of a musical bugle. 

drone

noun
  • A humming or deep murmuring sound. 

  • One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe. 

  • One who performs menial or tedious work. 

  • A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character. 

  • A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). 

  • A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members. 

  • A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen. 

  • A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds. 

  • A low-pitched hum or buzz. 

verb
  • To speak in a monotone way. 

  • To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz. 

  • To kill with a missile fired by unmanned aircraft. 

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