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vibrator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vibrator has 2 senses
- vibrator(n = noun.artifact) Array - a mechanical device that vibrates; "a reed is the vibrator that produces the sound" is a kind of mechanical device
- vibrator(n = noun.artifact) Array - mechanical device that produces vibratory motion; used for massage; Array has particulars: dildo
has particulars: reed, vibrating reed
Derived form verb vibrate2
is a kind of mechanical device
Derived form verb vibrate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
vibrator, n.
One that vibrates, or causes vibration or oscillation of any kind; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vibrator, n.
1 a device that vibrates or causes vibration, esp. an electric or other instrument used in massage or for sexual stimulation.
2 Mus. a reed in a reed-organ.
1 a device that vibrates or causes vibration, esp. an electric or other instrument used in massage or for sexual stimulation.
2 Mus. a reed in a reed-organ.
THESAURUS
vibrator
agitator, beater, churn, eggbeater, facial, facial massage, jiggler, kneading, massage, massaging, massotherapy, metronome, oscillator, paddle, pendulum, rocker, rocking chair, rocking stone, rubdown, seesaw, shaker, shuttle, shuttlecock, stroking, swing, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetery-bender, whirlpool bath, whisk
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