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vibe check

/ˈvaɪbˌt͡ʃɛk/

vibe check noun: an impromptu attempt to ascertain mood, opinions, or attributes.

Noun

vibe check (plural vibe checks)

  1. (slang) An impromptu attempt to ascertain mood, opinions, or attributes.
    • The Honey BBQ wings tasted a little off. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I know they didn't pass the vibe check.2019, "Booyahs", The Sailors' Log (Mona Shores High School, Norton Shores, Michigan), 19 December 2019, page 4
    • Usually we'll listen to a track. It just depends. Sometimes they have a funny premise or a certain vibe and we'll make something oriented towards that premise or vibe. If it passes the vibe check, we kick things off.2020, Emma Sophia Valles, "Going Big With Tiny Meat Gang", Poptized Magazine, Winter 2020, page 48

Verb

vibe check (third-person singular simple present vibe checks, present participle vibe checking, simple past and past participle vibe checked)

  1. (slang, transitive) To perform a vibe check on (somebody).
    • He was still recovering from the Blue Whale Comedy festival, during which he spent two days running between venues, setting up chairs, grabbing cash boxes for volunteers, performing sound checks, and vibe-checking national comedians he had booked.2016, Mitch Gilliam, “A shining, bald duck”, in The Tulsa Voice, 5 October - 18 October 2016, page 30
    • “We've got to vibe-check leaders on the planet,” said one student in the group.2019, Noel Miller, quoted in Kayvan Aflaki, "Climate crisis moves students to strike for change", The Medium (University of Toronto - Mississauga), 30 September 2019, page 1

Forms of vibe check

Noun
pluralvibe checks
Verb
third-person singular presentvibe checks
present participlevibe checking
past participlevibe checked
pastvibe checked

Questions about vibe check

What does vibe check mean?
Vibe check means an impromptu attempt to ascertain mood, opinions, or attributes.
What part of speech is vibe check?
Vibe check can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce vibe check?
Vibe check is pronounced /ˈvaɪbˌt͡ʃɛk/ (US).
What is the plural of vibe check?
The plural of vibe check is vibe checks.

Words near vibe check in the dictionary

  1. VIB
  2. vib.
  3. Vibbert
  4. Vibberts
  5. vibe
  6. vibe check
  7. vibe checked
  8. vibe checking
  9. vibe checks
  10. vibe code
  11. vibe coded

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