the male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. it gathers no honey. see honeybee.-one who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.-that which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) a drum. [obs.] halliwell. (b) the part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.-a humming or deep murmuring sound.-a monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.-to utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.-to love in idleness; to do nothing.