Definition of Bombination

1. Noun. Sound of rapid vibration. "The buzz of a bumble bee"

Exact synonyms: Bombilation, Buzz
Generic synonyms: Sound
Derivative terms: Bombilate, Bombinate, Buzz, Buzz

Definition of Bombination

1. n. A humming or buzzing.

Definition of Bombination

1. Noun. the act or sound of humming or buzzing; hum, buzz ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bombination

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombination

bombes
bombesin
bombesins
bombic
bombic acid
bombie
bombil
bombilate
bombilation
bombilations
bombils
bombinate
bombinated
bombinates
bombinating
bombination (current term)
bombinations
bombing
bombing run
bombings
bombless
bomblet
bomblets
bomblike
bombload
bombloads
bombmaker
bombmakers
bombmaking
bombo

Literary usage of Bombination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Editorials and Editorial-writing by Robert Wilson Neal (1921)
"In an editorial on enator Knox's resolution and the debate upon it on Wednesday last, the Times speaks of the discussion of that document as "a bombination ..."

2. An Introduction to Entomology, Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1818)
"But the most sonorous fliers of this order are the larger humble-bees, whose bombination, boom' ing, or bombing, may be heard from a considerable distance, ..."

3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"uproar, vociferation, hubbub, din, clamor, tumult. hum, n. drone, murmur, buzz, bombination; croon. hum, v. drone, murmur, buzz, ..."

4. The Garden's Story: For Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur Gardener by George Herman Ellwanger (1889)
"This species has a habit of hovering over the flowers or in mid-air with a loud bombination, while chasing his mate, and seems more alert and quickly ..."

5. Pictorial Calendar of the Seasons, by John Aikin (1854)
"... of all insect harmonies, Kirby remarks, that it ceases when she alights; that of the wasp and hornet is more sonorous. The bombination of humble-bees ..."

6. The Play of Man by Karl Groos (1901)
"Genuine love involves, as I have occasion to remark, a bombination of the sexual and fostering instincts; therefore woman's need of his help is a strong ..."

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