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vibes
OXFORD DICTIONARY
vibes, n.pl. colloq.
1 vibrations, esp. in the sense of feelings or atmosphere communicated (the house had bad vibes).
2 = VIBRAPHONE.
1 vibrations, esp. in the sense of feelings or atmosphere communicated (the house had bad vibes).
2 = VIBRAPHONE.
Etymology
abbr.
THESAURUS
vibes
battery, bells, bones, caring, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, chord, clappers, concern, crash cymbal, cymbals, echo, empathy, feelings, fellow feeling, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, handbells, identification, idiophone, involvement, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells, pathos, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rapport, rattle, rattlebones, relating, resonances, response, responsiveness, sensations, sharing, sizzler, snappers, sympathetic chord, sympathetic response, sympathy, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibraphone, vibrations, xylophoneFor further exploring for "vibes" in Webster Dictionary Online