vibrate

Verb

Verb Forms: vibrated, vibrating, vibrates

To move or cause to move rapidly back and forth.
shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
move or swing from side to side regularly
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
sound with resonance
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
To resonate.
To brandish; to swing to and fro.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
To please or impress someone.
To use vibrato.
To pleasure someone using a vibrator.

Noun

The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

Adj

Vibrating with (something).

Examples

Her mind was vibrating with excitement.
Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.
The Words With Friends board would practically vibrate with tension during the final turns.

Origin / Etymology

The adjective (then also used as a participle) is first attested in 1420, in Middle English, the verb in 1620; partly from Middle English vibrat(e) (“reverberant”), partly directly borrowed from Latin vibrātus, perfect passive participle of vibrō (“to agitate, set in tremulous motion”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to oscillate, swing”) or *weyb-.

Synonyms

hover, oscillate, resonate, thrill, tickle, vacillate, vibrate mode

Scrabble Score: 12

vibrate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vibrate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vibrate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

vibrate: valid Words With Friends Word