reecho

or re-ech·o

[ ree-ek-oh ]

/ riˈɛk oʊ /

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verb (used without object), re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

to echo back, as a sound.

to give back an echo; resound.

verb (used with object), re·ech·oed, re·ech·o·ing.

to echo back.

to repeat like an echo.

noun, plural re·ech·oes.

a repeated echo.

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Origin of reecho

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + echo

Words nearby reecho

Redwood National Park, Redwood seconds, red worm, ree, reebok, reecho, reechy, reed, reedbird, reedbuck, reed bunting

How to use reecho in a sentence

The tiny monosyllable seemed to echo and reecho through the high-ceiled room.
Little Lost Sister|Virginia Brooks
The woods reecho with their wild screams and the weird ululations of the battle cry.
The Manbos of Mindano|John M. Garvan
He tells him to take it to Kilauea--that it may reecho, doubtless, from the walls of the crater.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson
The sound of the beadles' canes on the pavement will forever reecho in my heart.
Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete|Gustave Droz

Its hills reecho twenty-one guns in salvo from Sloat's squadron.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas|Richard Henry Savage

British Dictionary definitions for reecho

re-echo

/ (riːˈɛkəʊ) /

verb -oes, -oing or -oed

to echo (a sound that is already an echo); resound

(tr) to repeat like an echo

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