Meaning & use
bombinate
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to make a buzzing or humming sound
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A swarm of bees bombinated lazily around the fallen apples.
The old refrigerator bombinated softly in the corner of the kitchen all night.
A note on using this word
This rare literary word comes from the Latin 'bombinare' and became famous through Franz Kafka's line about a giant insect, later echoed by Vladimir Nabokov.
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