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   Vi·brate

   /ˈvīˌbrāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. move or cause to move continuously and rapidly to and fro: "the cabin started to vibrate" Similar quivershaketremblequaverwavershivershudderjudderjigglewobblerockundulatemoveheaveconvulsejerkjoltjaroscillatevacillateswingswaymove to and froswing back and forthswing backwards and forwardswaveagitatewagglewagwigwag
   • ▪ quiver with (a quality or emotion): "his voice vibrated with terror"
   • ▪ (of a sound) resonate; continue to be heard: "a low rumbling sound that began to vibrate through the car" Similar throbreverberatepulsatepulsepalpitateresonateresoundringechore-echoboomthunderthumppoundbeatdrumthudthrumhammerripplemurmurhumdronerare:quop
   • ▪ (of a pendulum) swing to and fro.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘give out light or sound as if by vibration’): from Latin vibrat- ‘moved to and fro’, from the verb vibrare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vibrative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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