vibrate

Meaning

Verb

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

Adj

Vibrating with (something).

Synonyms

shake

🫨

tremble

quiver

oscillate

quake

swing

shiver

quaver

pulsate

sway

throb

rock

🪨

vibration

shock

⚡

bump

shudder

wobble

jar

🫙

reverberate

palpitate

flutter

thrill

move

bounce

resonate

jolt

buzz

rattle

jerk

be shaking

waver

oscillating movement

hunting

vibrating

hover

undulate

vacillate

wave

👋

purr

fluctuate

tickle

stir

oscillation

flap

judder

roll

resound

tremor

jarring

concuss

Translations

vibrer

vibrieren

vibrar

vibrare

vibrar

trillen

vibreren

schwingen

trembler

osciller

oscillare

vibrar

δονούμαι

fremir

oscilar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vaɪˈbɹeɪt/

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-.