drone

I

n

parasite, leech, sponger, Inf. sponge, Inf. deadbeat; do-nothing, idler, fainéant, loafer, Inf. bum, sluggard, slugabed, lazybones; laggard, loiterer, lounger, lingerer, trifler, dawdler, dallier; daydreamer, lotus-eater; shirker, goldbrick, Sl. goof-off; good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, Fr. vaurien. worthless person.

II

v

1. buzz, hum, murmur, bombilate, bombinate, whisper; whizz, whir, wheeze, sibilate, hiss, fizzle, sizzle; sigh, rustle, sough.

n

2. buzz, hum, murmur, bombination; purr, whirring; sibilation, hiss, whizz; sigh, rustle, sough.