noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of something that echoes.

   "The opposition of Popery there, is like the last echoings of the thunder dying upon the ear."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of echo form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   (of sounds) repeating by reflection wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

reechoingansweringantiphonalbattologicalboomingconfutative

Example

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"“It had been a major sound, a metallic echoing, a bang that came through the spacecraft,” Haise recalled."

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