vibrating
Shaking back and forth
Vibrating describes something moving rapidly back and forth in small oscillations.
A vibrating phone buzzes silently.
Vibrating strings produce musical tones.
The word often suggests energy or intensity: The room was vibrating with excitement.
As a present participle of vibrate, it works as both adjective and verb form: I felt my pocket vibrating during the meeting.
Beat with intensity
- pulseArterial blood throb
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- thrummingVibrating with low sound
palpitate · surge · drumming · hammering · pump · spasm · heave · rhythmical
Continuous low-pitched sound
whirr · purr · thrum · murmur · whine · ringing · tinnitus · fizz
Rate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- harmonicOf musical overtones
cycle · pendulum · hertz · resonance · wavelength · mechanical · modulate · physics
Involuntary trembling sensation
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- trembleShake from fear
- judderShake with jerky vibrations
jitter · quake · wobble · shake · shaky · tremor · flutter · totter
Study of sound transmission
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- pitchFrequency of sound
- timbreSound's distinctive character
- sonorousDeep and full-toned
echo · reverberation · sympathetic · acoustic · feedback · sustain · fidelity · tuning
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- grooveNarrow cut or routine
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
drumming · bassline · meter · percussive · metronome · polyrhythm · staccato · pulsing
throb
Beat with intensity
thrumming · palpitate · surge · drumming · hammering · pump · spasm · heave · rhythmical · heartbeat
humming
Continuous low-pitched sound
hum · whirr · purr · thrum · murmur · whine · ringing · tinnitus · fizz · sizzle
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- periodicOccurring at intervals
harmonic · cycle · pendulum · hertz · resonance · wavelength · mechanical · modulate · physics · kinetic
shiver
Involuntary trembling sensation
judder · jitter · quake · wobble · shake · shaky · tremor · flutter · totter · sway
acoustics
Study of sound transmission
sonorous · echo · reverberation · sympathetic · acoustic · feedback · sustain · fidelity · tuning · string
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
syncopation · drumming · bassline · meter · percussive · metronome · polyrhythm · staccato · pulsing · tapping
- shaky thingsshaky, quivering, tremulous, shivering, quaking
- powder processingpowders, milling, granulation, sieving, blending
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- machine soundshumming, buzzing, whirring, clanking, grinding
- motion statesmoving, stationary, in motion, at rest, still
- ongoing actionscontinuing, lasting, persisting, remaining, staying
vibratingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · static · immobile · unmoving
- good vibrationsSensed positive atmosphere
- phone vibrationTactile notification signal
- mechanical vibrationsOscillations in physical matter
- gentle vibration
- healing vibrations
- ground vibration