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vibrate

verb
/vaɪˈbɹeɪt/UK/ˈvaɪ.bɹeɪt/US

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-.

  1. derived from *weyp-✻
  2. borrowed from vibrātus
  3. inherited from vibrat — “reverberant”

Definitions

  1. To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.

    • 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.
    • The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.

  2. To resonate.

    • Her mind was vibrating with excitement.

  3. To brandish

    To brandish; to swing to and fro.

    • to vibrate a sword or a staff
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

      • a pendulum vibrating seconds

    2. To affect with vibratory motion

      To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

      • Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
      • Star to star vibrates light: may soul to soul / Strike thro' a finer element of her own?

    3. To please or impress someone.

      • And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
      • […] 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.

    4. To use vibrato.

    5. To pleasure someone using a vibrator.

      • Downstairs in the living-room Jill Was vibrating herself for a thrill.

    6. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound…

      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.

    7. Vibrating with (something).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vibrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vibrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at vibrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA