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Vibrate
Definitions
- 1 Vibrating with (something). rare
- 1 The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms. uncountable
"Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting."
- 1 To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro. intransitive
"When "God save the King!" resounded meow meow through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty."
- 2 feel sudden intense sensation or emotion wordnet
- 3 To resonate. intransitive
"Her mind was vibrating with excitement."
- 4 move or swing from side to side regularly wordnet
- 5 To brandish; to swing to and fro. transitive
"to vibrate a sword or a staff"
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- 6 shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner wordnet
- 7 To mark or measure by moving to and fro. transitive
"a pendulum vibrating seconds"
- 8 sound with resonance wordnet
- 9 To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. transitive
"Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion."
- 10 be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action wordnet
- 11 To please or impress someone. dated, slang, transitive
"And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley.""
- 12 To use vibrato. intransitive
- 13 To pleasure someone using a vibrator. slang, transitive
"Downstairs in the living-room Jill Was vibrating herself for a thrill."
Etymology
The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.
The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.
The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.
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