ECHOING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does echoing mean? 

• ECHOING (adjective)
  The adjective ECHOING has 1 sense:

1. (of sounds) repeating by reflection

  Familiarity information: ECHOING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHOING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of sounds) repeating by reflection

Synonyms:

echoing; reechoing

Context example:

a hotel with echoing halls

Similar:

reverberant (having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected)

 Context examples 

And in his frightened ears he heard his exclamation echoing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My echoing footsteps went to no other tune, but were as constant to that as if I had come home to build my castles in the air at a living mother's side.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You also have Pluto there, echoing Jupiter’s promise of generous compensation in the wings if you prove your worth on this project.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Thrice it swelled forth and thrice it sank away, echoing and reverberating amidst the crags.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And what little there was,—the slapping of a few reef-points and the creaking of a sheave in a block or two,—was ghostly under the hollow echoing pall in which we were swathed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

If you can, you might have a clue of a theme echoing now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Under the bow the water was hissing as from a steam jet, the air was filled with driven spray, there was a rush and rumble and long-echoing roar, and the canoe floated on the placid water of the lagoon.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And yet, you little rag puppet, you little echoing mechanism, you are unable to kill me as you would a snake or a shark, because I have hands, feet, and a body shaped somewhat like yours.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This new moon is echoing what we saw at the full moon, a highly encouraging vibration to be creative, with ideas that are likely to be welcomed by your adoring public, and also make you money.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The echoing chamber of his soul was a narrow room, a conning tower, whence were directed his arm and shoulder muscles, his ten nimble fingers, and the swift-moving iron along its steaming path in broad, sweeping strokes, just so many strokes and no more, just so far with each stroke and not a fraction of an inch farther, rushing along interminable sleeves, sides, backs, and tails, and tossing the finished shirts, without rumpling, upon the receiving frame.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)