vibrator
nounUK /vaɪˈbɹeɪtə/ · US /ˈvaɪbɹeɪtɚ/
Etymology From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.
10 senses
- 1A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- 2A device designed to electromechanically interrupt…
- 3A trembler, as of an electric bell.
- 4A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating…
- 5A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to…
- 6An oscillator.
- 7An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having…
- 8A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a…
- 9Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for…
- 10An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine…
› A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
- They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.
- Mmm. I'm sick of my ‘Mighty Intruder’ vibrator with the flexible shaft and the textured head.1988, Wendy Goldman, Judy Toll, Casual Sex?, spoken by Stacy (Lea Thompson):
2 more examples
- A vibrator does not call you on your birthday. A vibrator doesn't send you flowers the next day. You cannot take a vibrator home to meet your mother.1998 August 2, Nicole Avril, Susan Kolinsky, “The Turtle and the Hare”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 9, spoken by Charlotte:
- Evie’s website is a peek inside an idealized wife’s sex life, serving up “The Wife’s Guide to a Morning Quickie He’ll Think About All Day” (husbands, good) and “My Vibrator Almost Destroyed My Marriage” (solo sex, bad).2026 April 28, Alaina Demopoulos, “‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Historical A device designed to electromechanically interrupt current flowing to the step-up transformer which was used to generate the high tension positive supply in old battery-operated (automotive) valve radios.
A trembler, as of an electric bell.
A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
An oscillator.
An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
Business, Manufacturing, Textiles, Weaving Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.
- Derived terms
- bullet vibrator, master vibrator, rabbit vibrator
- Hyponyms
- stick shaker, cat