v. [f. L. bombināre a corrupt or doubtful variant of bombitāre, or bombizāre; see BOMBILATE.] To buzz, make a buzzing noise.
[Rabelais, II. vii. Questio subtilissima, utrum chimera in vacuo bombinans possit comedere secundas intentiones. (In ridicule of the subtle discussions of the Schoolmen.)]
1855. Daily News, 2 Nov., 4/4. Whether a chimæra bombinating in vacuo could execute second intentions. Ibid. (1880), 21 June, 4/7. The power of a chimæra bombinating in a vacuum to eat second intentions is scarcely less suggestive of a satisfactory solution.
1880. Swinburne, Study Shaks., iii. 199 (ed. 2). As easy and as profitable a problem to solve the Rabelaisian riddle of the bombinating chimæra.
