to vibrate something

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• vibrate — vi|brate [vaıˈbreıt US ˈvaıbreıt] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of vibrare to shake ] if something vibrates, or if you vibrate it, shakes quickly and continuously with very small movements ▪ The floor was… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vibrate — [[t]vaɪbre͟ɪt, AM va͟ɪbreɪt[/t]] vibrates, vibrating, vibrated V ERG If something vibrates or if you vibrate it, it shakes with repeated small, quick movements. The ground shook and the cliffs seemed to vibrate... [V n] The noise vibrated the… …   English dictionary

• vibrate — verb (I, T) to shake or make something shake continuously with small fast movements: We could feel the floor vibrating to the beat of the music. | The vocal cords vibrate as air passes over them …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• whirr — 1. verb /wɜː,ʍɜː,wɝ,ʍɝ/ a) To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound. b) To make a sibilant buzzing or droning sound …   Wiktionary

• swing — vb 1 Swing, wave, flourish, brandish, shake, thrash are comparable when they mean to wield or to handle something so that it moves alternately backward and forward or upward and downward or around and around. Swing often implies regular… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Vibration — For the soul music group, see The Vibrations. For the machining context, see Machining vibrations. For the albums, see Vibrations (Roy Ayers album) and Vibrations (The Three Sounds album). Classical mechanics …   Wikipedia

• stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …   Universalium

• shake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See… …   English dictionary for students

• swing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. oscillate, sway, wag; depend, dangle; pivot, turn; informal, be hanged; slang, [wife or husband ]swap. See oscillation,punishment, impurity, sex. n. sweep, sway, oscillation; rhythm, lilt, scope,… …   English dictionary for students

• shake — shake1 W2S3 [ʃeık] v past tense shook [ʃuk] past participle shaken [ˈʃeıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move)¦ 2¦(body)¦ 3 shake your head 4 shake somebody s hand/shake hands with somebody 5¦(shock)¦ 6 shake somebody s confidence/beliefs etc 7 somebody s voice… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swing — I. verb (swung; swinging) Etymology: Middle English, to beat, fling, hurl, rush, from Old English swingan to beat, fling oneself, rush; akin to Old High German swingan to fling, rush Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. to cause to move… …   New Collegiate Dictionary