vibe check

Noun

 * 1)  An impromptu attempt to ascertain mood, opinions, or attributes.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a vibe check on (somebody).
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * thought about vibe checking god by just straight up dying.