- 2. Odd, queer, facetious, waggish, amusing, diverting.
Droll, v. n. Jest, act the buffoon, play the droll.
Drollery, n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality.
Drone, n.
- 1. Male honey-bee.
- 2. Idler, sluggard, lounger, idle fellow, lazy fellow, do-nothing, good-for-nothing.
- 3. Humming, humming noise.
- 4. Droning-pipe (in bagpipe), drone-pipe.
Drone, v. n.
- 1. Lounge, dawdle, idle, waste time in trifles, live in idleness.
- 2. Make a dull humming sound, hum.
Drone, v. a. Read monotonously.
Dronish, a. Idle, lazy, indolent, sluggish, slow, inactive, drony.
Dronte, n. Dodo.
Drool, v. n. [U. S. and parts of England.] Slaver, drivel, drop saliva.
Droop, v. a. Let droop, let sink or fall, let bend down.
Droop, v. n.
- 1. Sink or hang down, drop, bend downward.
- 2. Wilt, wither, fade.
- 3. Languish, weaken, faint, sink, fail, decline, grow weak, be dispirited.
Drop, n.
- 1. Globule.
- 2. Ear-ring, pendant.