vibes

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of vibe.

   The party had warm, welcoming vibes from the moment we walked in.

   Something about his sudden friendliness gave off strange vibes.

   Note

   The atmosphere sense of vibe usually appears in the plural, so good vibes and strange vibes are the normal phrases. Musicians use the word colloquially for the vibraphone, and in that meaning it occurs only in the plural: a player is on vibes. The same spelling also serves as the present-tense verb, and position tells them apart. After an article or adjective it is the noun; after a subject it is the verb.

2. 2
   verbcolloquial

   Third-person singular simple present of vibe.

   The new hire vibes well with the rest of the design team.

   Most weekends he just vibes by the pool with a playlist and a cold drink.

   Note

   The form that follows he, she, it or a singular noun. Most of the verb's colloquial meanings are intransitive (relaxing, agreeing, hitting it off), so it often stands alone or takes with, as in she vibes with the team. Transitive uses split sharply. One means appreciating something, another means stimulating with a vibrator, and among performers it can mean slighting a fellow player mid-session. Context and object decide which is meant.

Showing meanings only. Show all 2