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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Origin of echo question

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby echo question

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