vibrate

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/vaɪˈbɹeɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.“Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.”

verb

To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
To resonate.“Her mind was vibrating with excitement.”
To brandish; to swing to and fro.“to vibrate a sword or a staff”
To mark or measure by moving to and fro.“a pendulum vibrating seconds”

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Synonyms

oscillate shake shudder warm vibrator eardrum tick tremble quiver evibrate jiggle wiggle agitate brawl waver tremor

Associated

phonation sympathetically vibrating vibration humming rattling plucked diaphragm piezoelectric resonant damping

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