- bombinating
- v. buzz, hum, drone
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
bombinating
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bombinate — bombination, n. /bom beuh nayt /, v.i., bombinated, bombinating. to make a humming or buzzing noise. [1875 80; < NL bombinatus, ptp. of bombinare, appar. coined by Rabelais on basis of L bombilare to hum, buzz < Gk bombyliázein, deriv. of bómbos; … Universalium
bombinate — verb /ˈbɒmbɪneɪt/ to buzz or hum , 1973: So full a ship, so close packed a world, moving urgently along, surrounded by its own vacuum; each man bombinating in his own, no doubt. Patrick OBrian, HMS Surprise … Wiktionary
booming — Synonyms and related words: balmy, birring, blooming, blossoming, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, boom, burring, buzzing, cannonade, cannonading, clear, deafening, droning, ear piercing, ear rending, ear splitting, earthshaking, echo,… … Moby Thesaurus
droning — Synonyms and related words: birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, drone, gabble, gibber, gibbering, hum, humming, jabber, jibber, low rumbling, maundering, monotone, monotonic, mouthing, mumble, mumbling,… … Moby Thesaurus
humming — Synonyms and related words: bel canto, birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, bravura, burring, busy, buzzing, choral singing, coloratura, croon, crooning, droning, folk singing, fussy, hopping, hum, hustling, intonation, lively … Moby Thesaurus
purring — Synonyms and related words: beaming, beatific, beatified, birring, blessed, blissful, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, capering, cheerful, chirping, dancing, droning, flushed with joy, gay, glad, glowing, happy,… … Moby Thesaurus
thrumming — Synonyms and related words: beating, birring, bombilation, bombinating, bombination, booming, burring, buzzing, clicking, droning, drumming, fluttering, hum, humming, low rumbling, palpitant, pounding, purring, spattering, spluttering, sputtering … Moby Thesaurus
bombinate — (v.) make a buzzing noise, 1865, from L. bombinare, corrupted from bombitare to hum, buzz, from bombus a deep, hollow sound; hum, buzz, echoic. Related: Bombinated; bombinating … Etymology dictionary
bombinate — [bäm′bə nāt΄] vi. bombinated, bombinating [< ModL bombinatus, pp. of bombinare, altered < L bombitare, to buzz < bombus, a buzzing: see BOMB] to make a buzzing sound bombination n … English World dictionary
