Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Distorted by editing a sound so it becomes more wobbled, usually for humorous purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
(music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound
Narrower terms: tremolo
History
Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”).
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
