Vibrate

Definitions: Vibrate

Vibrate

Verb

1. Shake, quiver, or throb; move mack and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner.

2. Move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating".

Date "vibrate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	To have a swinging or oscillating motion; to move or swing back and forth, such as a pendulum does; to have a period of vibration; to fluctuate; to vacillate; to sound, such as a voice vibrates in an ear; to throb. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Vibrate

Synonym: oscillate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Changeableness	Verb: fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes; sway to and fro, shift to and fro; change and change about; waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute); oscillate; vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes; alternate; have as man phases as the moon.
Evolution	Verb: oscillate; vibrate, librate; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble, wabble; dangle, swag.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Vibrate

English words defined with "vibrate": accordion ♦ crystal microphone ♦ Dirl, double reed ♦ Evibrate ♦ hammer ♦ judder ♦ librate ♦ phonograph, piano accordion, polarise, polarize ♦ record player, Revibrate ♦ shake, squeeze box. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vibrate": cantilever grizzly, Commodore 1541 ♦ dead true ♦ Jews' harp ♦ piano wire screen ♦ sonic drilling ♦ vibrating batteries, vibrating coring tube, vibrating relay, vibrating screen. (references)

Etymologies containing "vibrate": Evibrate ♦ Vibraculum, Vibrant, Vibrio, Vibrissa. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Vibrate" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (vibrera).

Domain	Title
Books	Look, Listen, Vibrate, Smile - The Beach Boys (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	Command Communications Private Pager Unit Vibrate Onlyled Display Receives 10 Codes (reference) Private Page Vibrate.magnet VM200VIBRATE Only Pager: Magnet (reference) Private Pager Unit Vibrate Onlyled Display Receives 10 Codes (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Reverberating; reverberation; vibration; vibrating; vibrate.		Saw plucking; reverberate; reverberation; vibrate; vibration; bluegrass music.
	Swish; swing; swirl; thrash; thresh; vibrate; wag; wave.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
E. H. Chapin	Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
Fanny Crosby	Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	The third upon the next night when the last stroke of Twelve has ceased to vibrate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These spasms make it difficult for the vocal folds to vibrate and produce voice. (references)
		The vocal cords produce voice when air held in the lungs is released and passed through the closed vocal cords, causing them to vibrate. (references)
		Ultrasonic aspirators use sound waves to vibrate tumors and break them up. Like a vacuum, the aspirator then sucks up the tumor fragments. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Vibrate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 64.56% of the time. "Vibrate" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	64.56%	51	47,619
Lexical Verb (base form)	25.32%	20	78,262
Noun (singular)	8.86%	7	133,076
Adjective (general or positive)	1.27%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	79	N/A

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Language		Translations for "vibrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngazëllej (elate, elevate, enrapture, flush, hearten, transport, triumph), lëkundem (dangle, falter, halt, hang, hesitate, jolt, jumble, nod, nutate, oscillate, pendulate, reel, rock, shake, shift, stagger, sway, swing, totter, vacillate, wabble, wallow, wamble, waver, wobble), lëkund (dance, jiggle, quake, rock, shake), dridhem (blink, dither, dodder, flicker, flinch, give a start, pulsate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tremble, twiddle, twitch, wabble, waver, wince, wobble, writhe), dredh (cast, convulse, curl, friz, frizz, roll, shake, spin, twist, wriggle). (various references)

Arabic		‏هز (agitate, bob, concuss, convulse, jolt, rattle, ring, rock, shake, shock, stir, swing, twitter, wag, waggle), ‏قاس بالتذبذب, ‏تذبذب (balance, fluctuation, gyrate, oscillate, pulsate, vacillate, vacillation, vibration, wave, waver, weave, whiffle, wiggle, wobble), ‏تردد (ambivalence, backwards, balance, be in two minds, boggle, crane, demur, difficulty, dither, fainting, falter, flicker, float, fluctuate, fluctuation, hang, haunt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hover, hum and haw, indecision, irresolution, pause, perplexity, puzzle over, reticence, reverberate, scruple, shilly shally, sound, stick, stop, stumble, tergiversation, timidity, vacillate, vacillation, vibration, waver, wobble, worry), ‏ذبذبة (oscillate, oscillation, pulse, vibration), ‏ذبذب, ‏إهتز (balance, jerk, pounce, quake, quiver, rock, shake, shiver, shook, shudder, swing, thrill, throb, toss, tremble, wag, waggle), ‏إستجاب (abide by, arraign, be interrogated, comply, react, respond). (various references)

Bulgarian		туптя (beat, go pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat, pulsate, pulse, throb), тупам (beat, jump), трептя (blink, oscillate, throb, tingle, tremble, tremor, vacillate, waver, wink), треперя (cower, dither, jitter, judder, niddle-noddle, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, thrill, tremble, tremor, waver), колебая се (balance, boggle, chop, crane, demur, dilly dally, dither, falter, fluctuate, hang back, hesitate, hover, hum and haw, jib, pause, pendulate, scruple, seesaw, shilly shally, teeter, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble, yo-yo), клатя (rock, roll, shake, wag, waggle), вибрирам (jar, judder, oscillate, pulsate, quiver, shimmy, tremble, tremor), откликвам (answer, respond), отмервам (admeasure, measure, tell off, time), люлея се (nutate, oscillate, rock, seesaw, sway, swing, teeter, toss, undulate, vacillate), проявявам отзивчивост. (various references)

Chinese		振动 (Oscillatory, Vibrating, Vibration, vibrational, vibrations). (various references)

Czech		vibrovat (judder, oscillate), třást se (dodder, quail, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, wobble), rozechvívat, otřásat (jolt), kývat (beckon), chvìt se (flutter, judder, pulsate, quail, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shudder, tingle, tremble, waver). (various references)

Dutch		vibreren, trillen (chattering, quiver, shiver, tremble). (various references)

Esperanto		vibri. (various references)

Faeroese		darra (quiver, shiver, tremble). (various references)

Farsi		نوسان کردن (Jib, Oscillate, Rock, Vacillate, Waver), لرزیدن (Dither, Dodder, Flicker, Quail, Quake, Quiver, Shake, Shiver, Shudder, Throb, Tremble, Trill), تکان خوردن (Jolt, Jounce, Quake, Scud, Sniggle, Wag), جنبیدن (Move, Vacillate, Wag, Wiggle, Wobble), ارتعاش داشتن (Quaver). (various references)

Finnish		värähdellä (to oscillate). (various references)

French		vibrer. (various references)

German		vibrieren (chatter, fluctuate, flutter, judder, oscillate, pulsate, quiver, shudder, to oscillate, tremble, twang, vary, vibration), schwingen (brandish, fling, flourish, linger, oscillate, pulsate, scutching, sway, swing, swingling, swung, to oscillate, wave, wave about, whisk, wield, winnowing). (various references)

Greek		πάλλω (brandish, palpitate, pulsate, sway, throb, to oscillate), πάλομαι (throb), δονώ, δονούμαι (pulsate, quaver, throb). (various references)

Hebrew		לת� ו�" (oscillate), ל�"ת� ו�"�" (fluctuate, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, vacillate, waver), ל�"רטיט (thrill). (various references)

Hungarian		vibrál (judder, to flicker, to jar, to twang), rezeg (judder, oscillate, shaken, shook, to flicker, to jar, to quaver, to quiver, to shake, to vacillate). (various references)

Indonesian		menggeber, gentar, genta (bell), geber, bergentar (quiver). (various references)

Italian		vibrare (brandish, chatter, flicker, hurl, jar, oscillate, quaver, thrill, throb, twang), risuonare (halls, jangle, ring, ring out, sound). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		やり方が渋い (Aah!, affluence, Ah!, at ease, calm, Dear me!, exclamation of relief or disappointment, flicker, large thing swaying, mildly, mischievous, naughty, Oh dear!, Oh!, reserve, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, room, shake, slow swaying, slowly, softly, stingy ways, swing, swinging, Thank God!, time, tremble, waver, wobbling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ゆらゆら (flicker, rock, roll, rolling from side to side, shake, slow swaying, swing, swinging, tremble, waver, wobbling). (various references)

Korean		진동하십시�". (various references)

Manx		tonn-chraa, craa (bestrew, brandish, dither, dodder, flicker, flutter, jog, jolt, judder, quaver, ring, rustle, shake, shiver, shock, sprinkle, toss, toss of head, tremble, warble, wave, wave of hand). (various references)

Papiamen		vibra. (various references)

Pig Latin		ibratevay

Portuguese		vibrar (brandish, flap, fling, oscillation, peal, pendulous, pulsate, pulse, ring, shimmy, swing, thrill, throb, twang, wave). (various references)

Romanian		vibra (flutter, joggle, jolt, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, quaver, quiver, rock, throb), trepida (fidget, fret, jar, shake), tremura (cower, dither, falter, flicker, palpitate, quail, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, ripple, rock, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, waver, wobble), se mişca (bestir, hitch, move, stir), se agita (agitate, billow, bustle, ferment, fluster, flutter, fret, fuss, hitch, rustle, seethe, squirm, toss, tumble, wag), rãsuna (clash, echo, peal, re echo, resound, sound, whang), picura (distil, dribble, drop, instil, let drop, trickle), palpita de, oscila (dally, dilly dally, dither, hesitate, librate, oscillate, rock, swing, vacillate, waver), fremãta de, face sã vibreze (twang), face sã palpite, face sã oscileze (swing). (various references)

Russian		вибрировать (jar, judder, oscillate, pulsate, shimmies, thrill, vibrated). (various references)

Scottish		triobuail. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vibrirati, učiniti da vibrira, trepereti (flicker, glisten, pulsate, tremble, vacillate, warble), titrati (tremble). (various references)

Spanish		vibrar (chatter, pulsate, pulse, shake, throb, waver). (various references)

Swedish		dallra (quiver, shiver, tremble, twang), vibrera (jar, judder, pulse). (various references)

Turkish		titremek (dither, dodder, falter, flicker, flutter, jerk, judder, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shimmy, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, waver, wobble), titreşmek (Bicker, flicker, judder, pulsate, pulse, quiver, tremble, waver), tereddüd etmek (balk at, be vague about smth., dither, falter, halt, hesitate, oscillate, pause, pendulate, scruple, seesaw, shilly shally, stagger, stickle, vacillate, waver, wobble, yaw), sallanmak (be slung from, bear away, dawdle, dilly dally, dodder, flap, flirt, hang about, hang around, hang down, hang on, hover, keep oneself close, loiter, lurch, oscillate, quake, rock, shake, sway, swing, take a swing, teeter, toss, waggle, wave, waver, wobble), duraksamak (balk, baulk, come to a stop, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, hobble, hover, pause, waver). (various references)

Turkmen		yrgyldatmak (oscillate), yrgyldamak (move). (various references)

Ukranian		розгойдуватися, розгойдувати (wabble, wobble), вібрувати (chatter, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, shimmy, tremble), вагатися (balance, boggle, deliberate, demur, dilly dally, falter, fluctuate, halt, hesitate, hover, oscillate, pause, stagger, vacillate, waver, whiffle). (various references)

Welsh		dirgrynu (tremble). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	concussa, concussae, concussit, concussum, concutiam, concutiatis, concutiatur, concutiens, concutientis, concutientur, concutitur, mica, micantes, micantis, micare, micha, michas, tremescet. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "vibrate": vibrated, vibrates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Vibrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: librate, vabra, verate, Veyrat, vibrare, virate, virrate, vribrate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "vibrate" (pronounced vī"brāt)
3	-r ā t	chlorate, dehydrate, perchlorate, prostrate, rehydrate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: baiter, barite, rebait, terbia.
	-2 letters: aiver, avert, biter, brave, bravi, irate, retia, rivet, taber, terai, trave, tribe, vitae.
	-3 letters: abet, abri, airt, aver, bait, bare, bate, bear, beat, beta, bier, bite, brae, brat, brie, brit, rate, rave, rite, rive, tare, tear, tier, tire, vair, vera, verb, vert, vibe, vier, vita.
	-4 letters: air, ait, arb, are, art, ate, ave, bar, bat, bet, bit, bra, ear, eat, era, eta, ire, rat, reb, rei, ret, rev, ria, rib, tab, tae, tar, tav, tea, tie, var, vat, vet, via, vie.
	-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, ar, at, ba, be, bi, er, et, it, re, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: abortive, ambivert, verbatim, vibrated, vibrates.
	+2 letters: ambiverts, bivariate, probative, riverboat, verbalist, veritable, veritably, vibratile.
	+3 letters: abbreviate, abortively, absorptive, arborvitae, riverboats, subvariety, verbalists, vestibular.
	+4 letters: abbreviated, abbreviates, abbreviator, abstractive, adumbrative, arbitrative, arborvitaes, attributive, behaviorist, deverbative, elaborative, inobservant, lubricative, observation, overbeating, rebarbative, reprobative, retrievable, subcurative, subinterval, subtractive, verbalistic, vibratoless, vitrifiable.
	+5 letters: abbreviating, abbreviation, abbreviators, abortiveness, attributives, behaviorists, deliberative, deverbatives, driveability, invertebrate, obliterative, observations, removability, severability, subcuratives, subintervals, subvarieties, venerability.
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