vibrator

Plural: vibrators

Noun

• A device or object that vibrates.
• a mechanical device that vibrates
  • "a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound"
• mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• A vibrating device used for massage or sexual stimulation.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• 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 device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• A trembler, as of an electric bell.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• A vibrating reed for transmitting or receiving pulsating currents in a harmonic telegraph system.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• A device for vibrating the pen of a siphon recorder to diminish frictional resistance on the paper.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• An oscillator.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• An ink-distributing roller in a printing machine, having an additional vibratory motion.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• A vibrating reed in a musical instrument, especially a reed organ.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• Any of various vibrating devices, such as one for slackening the warp as a shed opens.
• A device that vibrates or causes vibration.
• An attachment, usually pneumatic, in a moulding machine to shake the pattern loose.

Examples

• The player joked that a silent vibrator would be useful for signaling good words in team Scrabble.
• They recommend a vibrator because it's a safe alternative to sex.

Related Words

vibrant, vibrate, vibration