verb
vibrate
VIE-brayt/ˈvaɪbreɪt/
To move or cause something to move rapidly back and forth in small motions.
The struck tuning fork vibrates rapidly back and forth.
Etymology
Latin vibrare already meant to quiver or move quickly to and fro. Early English use included a pendulum's swinging, preserving the back-and-forth motion central to the modern sense.
In context
of motion gets converted to sound energy and then also what you can't see it's happening on a microscopic level is the particles here in the table actually start to vibrate a little bit more
More examples
- The guitar strings vibrate when you pluck them.
- A passing truck made the windows vibrate.
- Sound waves vibrate the eardrum.
Forms
vibrate · vibrates · vibrated · vibrating
vibration noun — A rapid, repeated back-and-forth motion.