VIBRATE

thrill, tickle, vibrate

(verb) feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; “he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine”

oscillate, vibrate

(verb) move or swing from side to side regularly; “the needle on the meter was oscillating”

vibrate

(verb) shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

resonate, vibrate

(verb) sound with resonance; “The sound resonates well in this theater”

hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate

(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; “He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)

(intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.

(intransitive) To resonate.

(transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.

(transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

(transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

(transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.

(intransitive, music) To use vibrato.

Noun

vibrate (uncountable)

The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

Anagrams

• vrbaite

Source: Wiktionary

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Vi"brate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vibrate; p. pr. & vb. n. Vibrating.] Etym: [L. vibratus, p. p. of vibrare, v. t. & v. i., to snake, brandish, vibrate; akin to Skr. vip to tremble, Icel. veifa to wave, vibrate. See Waive and cf. Whip, v. t.]

1. To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.

2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.

3. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated or undulated, may . . . impress a swift, tremulous motion. Holder. Star to star vibrates light. Tennyson.

Vi"brate, v. i.

1. To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.

2. To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.

3. To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear. Pope.

4. To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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