vibrator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that vibrates.
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any of various machines or devices causing a vibratory motion or action.
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a small electrical device of variable shape, made to oscillate very rapidly and used in massage or to provide sexual pleasure.
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Electricity.
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a device in which, by continually repeated impulses, a steady current is changed into an oscillating current.
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a device for producing electric oscillations.
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a device for producing a vibratory motion, such as one used in massage or in the distribution of wet concrete in moulds
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such a device with a vibrating part or tip, used as a dildo
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a device in which a vibrating conductor interrupts a circuit to produce a pulsating current from a steady current, usually so that the current can then be amplified or the voltage transformed See also chopper
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One 1908 Chicago Tribune ad for the Arnold Vibrator claimed that Mark Twain and the governor of Chicago were Arnold users.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2022
This last weapon, also known as the Dynamic Vibrator, has the power of 100 million volts, "a force that would shatter a 20-story building like an eggshell."
From Time • Jul. 22, 2011
Red" competes with "Next Fall", "Time Stands Still and "In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play" for the Tony's top award.
From Reuters • Jun. 10, 2010
Should win: "In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play," a short-lived but acclaimed feminist comedy-drama by Sarah Ruhl, or "Time Stands Still," Donald Margulies' insightful rumination on war journalism.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2010
Torsional Vibrator Plant P is securely held by a vice V. The two ends are clamped by holders C C′.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
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