Citations:vibe check

Noun: "(slang) an impromptu attempt to ascertain mood, opinions, or attributes

 * 2009, "Brainstorm: the Beginnings of Unsettling Minnesota", Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality, page 176:
 * We will have oppression vibe checks as a place to bring up in group/world oppression issues
 * 2019, Anna Johns & Adam Walsh, "Beware Clancy and his hanged man", The Collegian (University of Tulsa), 28 October 2019, page 16:
 * Plus, who could leave an old man out in the dark at 3 a.m.? There are some weird people walking these streets, and letting Clancy get murked would be too serious of a vibe check.
 * 2019, Suebin Hur, "Rock n Roll Marathon", Charger Territory (Ed W. Clark Key Club), November 2019, page 8:
 * Rock n roll definitely passed the vibe check.
 * 2019, Madeleine Gannon, "A playlist of solidarity: Surviving Thanksgiving break", The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan), 27 November 2019, page 6:
 * Grandma and Grandpa are holding court somewhere with a glass of something that screams The Great Depression. Without warning, suddenly you're thrown violently down memory lane and the vibe check lands hard — things go melancholy fast.
 * 2019, "Booyahs", The Sailors' Log (Mona Shores High School, Norton Shores, Michigan), 19 December 2019, page 4:
 * 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.
 * 2020, Marin Fehl, "Letter from the editor", Red & Black (Hillsborough High School, Tampa, Florida), January 2020, page 2:
 * This is not your standard newspaper. It would, however, pass a vibe check.
 * 2020, Kevin Chrisco, "2020 music: vibe check", The Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University), 10 January 2020, page 7:
 * This year should be one of the biggest years for music in recent memory. The vibe check has been passed for now.
 * 2020, Emma Sophia Valles, "Going Big With Tiny Meat Gang", Poptized Magazine, Winter 2020, page 48:
 * 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, Charlie Ramo, "Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers", The Best of Auburn 2020, 27 February 2020, page 15:
 * Opening in October of last year, Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers passed the vibe check and is the best new business to visit in Auburn.
 * 2020, "Dr Date", The Minnesota Daily (University of Minnesota), 27 February 2020, page 5:
 * Include one or two of the songs he likes, but only the ones that go with the flow. Gotta do a vibe check before sex, right?
 * 2020, Liam Armstrong-Carrigan, "Where is Australia's best nightlife", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Semester 1, Week 5 (2020), page 16:
 * Melbourne does make having a good time easier, but the reason it passes the vibe check is because of the people that I've shared these perfect nights with, little slices of time that felt so perfect I felt nostalgic about them as I lived them.
 * 2020, Janhavi Gosavi, "Hop On The Aux, Bro", Salient (Victoria University of Wellington), Issue 11 (2020), page 17:
 * Aux cord in hand, I conduct a routine vibe check. Results: 2000s R&B.
 * 2020, Gina Castro, "Loving And Loathing In The Time Of Quarantine", Downtown Crowd, June 2020, page 13:
 * I think we can all agree there is some solid logic backing up our pals Riley and Sarah, but if CDC did a vibe check on you two, we doubt you'd pass.

Verb: "(slang) to perform a vibe check"

 * 2016, Mitch Gilliam, "A shining, bald duck", The Tulsa Voice, 5 October - 18 October 2016, page 30:
 * 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.
 * 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:
 * “We've got to vibe-check leaders on the planet,” said one student in the group.
 * 2019, anonymous, quoted in "Free For All", The University Daily Kansan (University of Kansas), 24 October 2019, page 9:
 * thought about vibe checking god by just straight up dying.
 * 2020, Justin Smith, "Injustice under God: xXM@lteseF@lconXx", The Wrangler (satirical newspaper of Brophy College Preparatory College), 12 May 2020, page 2:
 * I figured I did pretty good, and that's when he, to use a modern phrase, vibe checked me with the truth.

Verb: "(slang) to physically attack a person"

 * 2019, Sadie Johnson Sieben, "Get checked or you're canceled", Zephyrus (Edina High School, Edina, Minnesota), 26 November 2019, page 9:
 * Although students are the ones who are worried, teachers may start to fear as well, as of recently, a teacher at EHS was vibe-checked by a student.
 * 2019, Jose S. Anaya, "Meme", Ninety Nine (Juan Diego Catholic High, Draper, Utah), Volume 2, Issue 2 (2019), page 31:
 * Of course this is just my opinion so I stg if I hear one more person complain about "Oh god you're such a normie you don't even know what's funny," I will vibe check your knee caps into 2020