reecho

or re-ech·o

[ ree-ek-oh ]

verb (used without object)

, re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

1. to echo back, as a sound.
2. to give back an echo; resound.

verb (used with object)

, re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

1. to echo back.
2. to repeat like an echo.

noun

, plural re·ech·oes.

1. a repeated echo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of reecho¹

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + echo

Example Sentences

The tiny monosyllable seemed to echo and reecho through the high-ceiled room.

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The woods reecho with their wild screams and the weird ululations of the battle cry.

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He tells him to take it to Kilauea--that it may reecho, doubtless, from the walls of the crater.

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The sound of the beadles' canes on the pavement will forever reecho in my heart.

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Its hills reecho twenty-one guns in salvo from Sloat's squadron.

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