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Definition of vibrato noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

vibrato

noun

NAmE//vɪˈbrɑt̮oʊ//

[uncountable, countable] (pl. vibratos) (music)

a shaking effect in singing or playing a musical instrument, made by rapid, slight changes in pitch (= how high or low a sound is)

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