vibrate

Meaning

Verb

1. To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
2. To resonate.
3. To brandish; to swing to and fro.
4. To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
5. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
6. (slang) To please or impress someone.
7. To use vibrato.
8. (slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator.

Noun

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

Synonyms

shake

tremble

quiver

oscillate

shiver

swing

quake

pulsate

quaver

sway

throb

rock

🪨

shock

⚡

vibration

shudder

bump

reverberate

jolt

flutter

bounce

thrill

move

palpitate

wobble

jar

🫙

rattle

buzz

resonate

resound

wave

👋

waver

hunting

tickle

jerk

flap

oscillating movement

purr

stir

be shaking

judder

fluctuate

roll

tremor

undulate

vacillate

oscillation

vibrating

hover

vibra

vibrance

make anxious

oscillate to undulate

oscillating motion

vibratory motion

vibratory movement

agitation

jarring motion

beat

become dry

brandish

buffeting

chime

clang

clank

clash

clatter

clink

concuss

convulse

drone

drum

🥁

echo

flicker

hammer

🔨

hum

jangle

jarring

joggle

jolting

jounce

lean

murmur

play

pulsation

pulse

reecho

rend

shillyshally

shimmy

sigh

smart

sound

🔉

swing to and fro

totter

trembling

tremulous

vibes

wag

whir

whisper

move about

pendulate

re-echo

pasi panondengerkleka kana mvura ichitinhiraw the earth shakes when the thunder crashes

Translations

vibrer

vibrar

vibrieren

trillen

vibreren

schwingen

trembler

osciller

oscilar

titremek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vaɪˈbɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.