vibe

vibe
vibe (n.) 1940, short for VIBRAPHONE (Cf. vibraphone); attested from 1967 as an abbreviated form of VIBRATION (Cf. vibration) in the 1960s slang sense of "instinctive feelings."

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  • Vibe — or VIBE may refer to: * VIBE, a magazine about music artists, actors and other entertainers owned by Quincy Jones. It was also the name of a syndicated Late Night talk show produced by Quincy Jones. * Vibe (TV channel), a New Zealand television… …   Wikipedia

  • Vibe — war ein amerikanisches Musik/Entertainment Magazin, dass 1993 von Quincy Jones ins Leben gerufen wurde. Es verdankte seinen großen Erfolg vor allem dem größten Interessenkreis unter Magazinen seiner Art, wie The Source. Die meisten konzentrierten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • vibe — [ vaıb ] noun count INFORMAL a general feeling you get from a person or place: I didn t get many good vibes from the club. music with a hippie vibe …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • vibe — ► NOUN informal 1) the atmosphere or aura of a person or place as communicated to and felt by others. 2) (vibes) short for VIBRAPHONE(Cf. ↑vibraphonist) …   English terms dictionary

  • Vibe — El productor musical Quincy Jones. Vibe es una revista estadounidense creada en 1993 por el productor Quincy Jones y editada por la compañía Time Inc. La publicación se concentra principalmente en músicos de hip hop y R B, actores y otros… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Vibe FM — Infobox Radio station name = Vibe FM city = George Town, Cayman Islands area = Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands branding = Vibe FM slogan = Feel The Vibe airdate = 30 November, 2001 frequency = 98.9 MHz format = Reggae/Pop erp = haat = coordinates =… …   Wikipedia

  • Vibe — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Le nom Vibe peut désigner : Vibe, est un magazine américain consacré au hip hop et à la musique noire américaine en général, sans négliger des pages… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vibe — 1. rhythm: It s got a great vibe; latin vibes ; 2. any musical aspect or quality indicative of a genre: it has a commercial vibe ; 3. mood or atmosphere; feeling: The place had a nice vibe to it ; 4. (plural) signals or messages sent out to… …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • vibe — Australian Slang 1. rhythm: It s got a great vibe; latin vibes ; 2. any musical aspect or quality indicative of a genre: it has a commercial vibe ; 3. mood or atmosphere; feeling: The place had a nice vibe to it ; 4. (plural) signals or messages… …   English dialects glossary

  • vibe — n ambience, atmosphere, mood, the latest news. A shortening of vibrations popular in the hippy era, vibe was applied cathol ically to anything that was in the air ; from an intuitive empathy ( I like it here. There s a really good vibe about the… …   Contemporary slang

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