OriginFrom Scots drant, draunt (“droning or drawling tone”), borrowed from Scottish Gaelic dranndan, draundan (“hum, buzzing, complaint, growl, snarl”), akin to Irish drantán (“hum, buzzing, growl”).
- Scotland, ambitransitive, dialectalTo drawl; to drone.
- Scotland, dialectalA droning tone.
Formsdrants(present, singular, third-person) · dranting(participle, present) · dranted(participle, past) · dranted(past) · drants(plural) · Drants(plural)
Source: Wiktionary