Definition of "vibrator" []

• Something that vibrates. (noun)
• An electrically operated device used for massage. (noun)
• An electrical device consisting basically of a vibrating conductor interrupting a current. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Are you that squeamish about sex to even SAY the word "vibrator" ­, even when it isn't used in a directly sexual context?"
• "And as a point of clarification - my third child has no idea what the "adult" term vibrator means and I have no plans on informing her."
• "The most recent vibrator is Mike Huckabee," Try as she might, Maddow could not read the word "vibrator.""