vibrate

1 shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner

2 move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating" [syn: oscillate]

3 be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover, vacillate, oscillate]

4 sound with resonance; "The sound resonates well in this theater" [syn: resonate]

5 feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" [syn: thrill, tickle]

English

Etymology

Latin vibrare 'move to and fro'.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

1. Move with small movements rapidly to and fro.
2. Resonate.

   Her mind vibrates with excitement.

Translations

• Dutch: trillen

Italian

Verb

vibrate

1. Form of Second-person plural present tense, vibrare
2. Form of Second-person plural imperative, vibrare#Italian|vibrare

Vibrate may refer to:

• Vibration
• "Vibrate," a song by Outkast from their 2003 album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
• Vibrate the 2004 album by The Manhattan Transfer

bob, bobble, bounce, bump, careen, chatter, coggle, continue, dangle, didder, falter, fluctuate, flutter, have an ague, hustle, jactitate, jar, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, librate, lurch, nutate, occur often, oscillate, pendulate, pitch, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, recur, reel, resonate, reverberate, rock, roll, shake, shiver, shock, shudder, swag, sway, swing, throb, toss, tremble, tremor, twitter, vacillate, wag, waggle, wave, waver, wobble