How to pronounce vibrate
American English pronunciation
VY-brayt
- IPA
- /ˈvaɪbɹeɪt/
- Syllables
- VY · brayt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What vibrate means
To shake very fast in tiny back-and-forth movements
In a sentence: My phone will vibrate on the desk when a message comes in.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning to shake or swing. It first showed up in English as a verb in 1620.
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