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What is "bombinate"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bombinate

Bombinate \Bom"bi*nate\, v. i. To hum; to boom.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bombinate

"make a buzzing noise," 1865, from Latin bombinare, corrupted from bombitare "to hum, buzz," from bombus "a deep, hollow sound; hum, buzz," echoic. Related: Bombinated; bombinating.

Wiktionary
bombinate

vb. to buzz or hum

WordNet
bombinate

v. make a buzzing sound; "bees were buzzing around the hive" [syn: buzz, bombilate]

Usage examples of "bombinate".

Unfortunately, a chimera bombinating in a vacuum is, nowadays, only too capable of producing secondary causes.

Even the previous depth charging had been nothing to this black bombinating ringing bedlam, this chaos of life bursting apart.