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bombilation en · NOUN

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1. (countable, uncountable) A humming or booming sound.
   • The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs. 2008, Christopher Paolini, “Rider and Ra'zac”, in Brisingr, page 69:
   • Yet it was possible in still weather to hear the muted bombilation of the sleepless city and when the wind was in the north to count the hammer-strokes of the great bell of St. Paul's. 1920, Sax Rohmer, “Chapter 1”, in The Green Eyes of Bast:

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