Vibrate

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To move back and forth or to and fro, especially rhythmically and rapidly: synonym: swing.
  • intransitive verb. To progress in a given direction while moving back and forth rapidly.
  • intransitive verb. To be in a state of great activity, excitement, or agitation.
  • intransitive verb. To produce a sound; resonate.
  • intransitive verb. To fluctuate or waver, as between states or in making choices.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move back and forth rapidly.
  • intransitive verb. To produce (sound) by vibration.
  • noun. A setting on a cell phone that causes the phone to shake rapidly without producing a ringtone when a call or text message is received.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To swing; oscillate; move one way and the other; play to and fro, as the pendulum.
  • To move in any kind of stationary motion under forces of restitution, commonly with a rapid motion.
  • To produce a vibratory or resonant effect; thrill; quiver: as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
  • To fluctuate or waver, as between two opinions.
  • To cause to move or wave to and fro; cause to swing or oscillate; hence, to throw with a vibratory motion; hurl.
  • To affect with vibratory motion; cause to quiver: as, vibrated breath.
  • To measure or indicate by vibrating or oscillating: as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing.
  • transitive verb. To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
  • transitive verb. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
  • intransitive verb. To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
  • intransitive verb. To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
  • intransitive verb. To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound.
  • intransitive verb. To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Move with small movements rapidly to and fro.
  • verb. Resonate.
  • noun. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move or swing from side to side regularly
  • verb. shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
  • verb. feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
  • verb. sound with resonance
  • verb. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
  • Word Usage
    "I could sit and listen and hear him deep in the earth, feel his call vibrate through my body, and I was close, so close."
    cross-reference
    swing  
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    excite  shake  shake up  stimulate  stir  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bob  bobble  bounce  brandish  bump  
    verb-form