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vibrate


verb (used without object), vi·brat·ed, vi·brat·ing.

  1. to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
  2. to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; quiver; tremble.
  3. (of sounds) to produce or have a quivering or vibratory effect; resound.
  4. to thrill, as in emotional response.
  5. to move between alternatives or extremes; fluctuate; vacillate.

verb (used with object), vi·brat·ed, vi·brat·ing.

  1. to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
  2. to cause to move to and fro or up and down quickly and repeatedly; cause to quiver or tremble.
  3. to give forth or emit by, or as by, vibration.
  4. to measure or indicate by vibration or oscillation: a pendulum vibrating seconds.

verb

  1. to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb
  2. (intr) to oscillate
  3. to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate
  4. (intr) to waver
  5. physics to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate
  6. (intr) rare to respond emotionally; thrill
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1610s, from Latin vibratus, past participle of vibrare “move quickly to and fro, shake,” from PIE *w(e)ib- “move quickly to and fro” (cf. Lithuanian wyburiu “to wag” (the tail), Danish vippe, Dutch wippen “to swing,” Old English wipan “to wipe”). Related: Vibrated; vibrating.

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