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vibrate

  • verb
  • /vaɪˈbɹeɪt/

To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.

Other meanings

  1. To brandish; to swing to and fro.

  2. To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

Word history

From Latin "vibrātus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “vibrate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.