vibrate

vibrate is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Vibrate. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Vibrate
2. transitive verb. To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff.
3. transitive verb. To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds.
4. transitive verb. To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. intransitive verb. To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound; as, a whisper vibrates on the ear.
8. intransitive verb. To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate; as, a man vibrates between two opinions.
9. verb. feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

   "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

   Synonyms: thrill, tickle

10. verb. move or swing from side to side regularly

    "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

    Synonyms: oscillate

11. verb. shake, quiver, or throb; move back and forth rapidly, usually in an uncontrolled manner
12. verb. sound with resonance

    "The sound resonates well in this theater"

    Synonyms: resonate

13. verb. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

    "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

    Synonyms: hover, oscillate, vacillate

Synonyms

thrill, tickle, oscillate, resonate, hover, vacillate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in vibrate:

vrbaite

Common word forms

vibrated, vibrates, vibrating

Words from these letters

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