drone
Definition
An unmanned aircraft or vehicle controlled remotely or autonomously, often used for surveillance, delivery, or photography.
A continuous low humming or buzzing sound, as produced by certain insects or machinery.
A male honeybee that does no work, lives off the labor of worker bees, and exists primarily to mate with the queen.
Informal: A person who performs monotonous, uncreative work or lives idly off others' efforts.
Examples
The office drone spent his entire shift perfecting his paperclip catapult technique.
She launched the drone to film the sunset, but it returned with selfies of confused pigeons.
His lecture droned on like a faulty refrigerator, lulling the audience into a daydream coma.
In the beehive hierarchy, the drone's main job is to party until he drops—talk about living the dream.