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echo question

noun Grammar.

a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?

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Words nearby echo question

echo boomer, echo chamber, echo check, echo diplacusis, echo plate, echo question, echo sounder, echo verse, echoacousia, echoaortography, echocardiogram

Origin of echo question

First recorded in 1955–60
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