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Yes, drone is playable

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"Drone" Definition

noun

A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.
A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
A person who does tedious or menial work; a drudge: "undervalued drones who labored in obscurity” ( Caroline Bates).
A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.
An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.

verb-intransitive

To make a continuous low dull humming sound: "Somewhere an electric fan droned without end” ( William Styron).
To pass or act in a monotonous way.
To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours.

verb-transitive

To utter in a monotonous low tone: "The mosquitoes droned their angry chant” ( W. Somerset Maugham).

verb

To make a sustained deep murmuring, humming, or buzzing sound .
To talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone .
To pass, proceed, or act in a dull, drowsy, or indifferent manner .
To utter or pronounce with a drone.
To pass or spend in dull or monotonous activity or in idleness.

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