Definition of "vibrate"

vibrate

/vaɪˈbɹeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated
1. (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
  Quotations
  When "God save the King!" resounded through the stately abbey, the banners vibrating with the mighty music, I felt quite enthusiastic in my loyalty.
  1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Coronation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 5
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.
  Quotations
  Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
  1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […]
  Star to star vibrates light: may soul to soul / Strike thro' a finer element of her own?
  1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], page 81
6. (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
  Quotations
  And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."
  1949, Ladies' Home Journal, volume 66, page 115
  […] 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.
  1961, Congressional Record
7. (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.
8. (transitive, slang) To pleasure someone using a vibrator.
  Quotations
  Downstairs in the living-room JillWas vibrating herself for a thrill.
  1999 March 27, PeterW, “Jack with Jill”, in alt.jokes.limericks‎ (Usenet)
noun
uncountable
1. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

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