vibrateverb [ I or T ]
uk/vaɪˈbreɪt/us/ˈvaɪ.breɪt/to shake slightly and quickly, or to cause something to do this, in a way that is felt rather than seen or heard:
The whole station seemed to vibrate as the express train rushed through.
His voice vibrated with anger.
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- agitate
- brandish
- churn
- flourish
- fluff sth up
- flutter
- jitter
- joggle
- resonate
- rocky
- shake
- stir sth up
- swing
- teeter
- throb
- totter
- tremble
- tremulous
- wag
- worry
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vibratenoun [ U ]
uk/vaɪˈbreɪt/us/ˈvaɪ.breɪt/a setting on an electronic device that causes it to vibrate when something happens, such as receiving a new message :
The show's about to start - I'm going to put my phone on vibrate.
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Electricity & electronics
- anodize
- anti-static
- chargeable
- charger
- conduction
- destructive interference
- electric
- electric field
- electric shock
- electromagnetic
- flow
- generation
- ground
- homing
- input
- insulating tape
- linesman
- rechargeable
- resistor
- solid-state
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