vibrate
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
- (intransitive) To resonate.
- Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
- (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.
- to vibrate a sword or a staff
- (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
- a pendulum vibrating seconds
- (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
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- Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
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- Star to star vibrates light.
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- (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
- 1961, Congressional Record
- […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.
- 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)
- (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
Related terms
Translations
to move with small movements rapidly
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to resonate
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to brandish; to swing to and fro
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to mark or measure by moving to and fro
to set in vibration
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Noun
vibrate (uncountable)
- The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
- Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
Translations
setting
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Further reading
- “vibrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vibrate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
vibrate
- second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
- second-person plural imperative of vibrare
- feminine plural of vibrato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) vibrāte
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