Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something that vibrates, especially an electrical device used for massage or sexual gratification.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any arm or lever pivoted at one point and free to swing or vibrate between stops, usually adjustable in position; in general uses, such a device operating at high speeds or frequency.
- noun An appliance with a rubber or other tip of variable shape which is made to oscillate very rapidly by means of electricity or some mechanical device: employed in mechanicotherapy to give vibratory massage to a part.
- noun In electricity or telegraphy, a reed the vibrations of which are made to open and close the electric circuit and hence transmit pulsatory currents; also, a reed acted on by pulsatory currents by means of an electromagnet, and hence made to respond to the vibrations of a corresponding reed sending these currents from a distance. See
harmonic telegraph , under telegraph. - noun In the reed-organ, one of the reeds by which the tone is produced.
- noun In printing, an inking-roller that has a vibrating as well as a rotary movement, which aids the distribution of ink on the inking-table of a cylinder-press.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Elec.) A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- noun An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
- noun (Music) A vibrating reed, esp. in a reed organ.
- noun (Weaving) Any of various vibrating devices, as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
- noun An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a molding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- noun a small electrical device held in the hand, with a motor that causes the device and hand to vibrate, and is used for vibratory massage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
- noun a mechanical device that vibrates
Etymologies
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Examples
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Are you that squeamish about sex to even SAY the word "vibrator" , even when it isn't used in a directly sexual context?
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And as a point of clarification - my third child has no idea what the "adult" term vibrator means and I have no plans on informing her.
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The most recent vibrator is Mike Huckabee," Try as she might, Maddow could not read the word "vibrator."
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Sherri Shepard's suggestion that the women of The View should send Mika a vibrator is a good one.
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Sherri Shepard's suggestion that the women of The View should send Mika a vibrator is a good one.
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bilby commented on the word vibrator
I told you WeirdNet can be coy. Sometimes.
October 23, 2008
reesetee commented on the word vibrator
I like the fourth definition best. But I wonder whether it's a mechanical mechanism?
October 23, 2008
TankHughes commented on the word vibrator
Outside of industrial settings, vibrator means sex toy. Only Wiktionary includes that definition.
August 14, 2015