vibrato

noun
/vɪˈbɹɑːtoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”).

  1. borrowed from vibrato

Definitions

  1. The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is…

    The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.

    • He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb.
  2. Distorted by editing a sound so it becomes more wobbled, usually for humorous purposes.

    • Yoshi Dance But Every Time He Showing His Face It Gets Vibrato

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for vibrato. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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