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echo

verbnoun /ɛkoʊ/ 2 syllables 4 letters Scrabble 9 WWF 9
Definitions
verb

ring or echo with sound

verb

call to mind

“His words echoed John F. Kennedy”

verb

to say again or imitate

“followers echoing the cries of their leaders”

noun

the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

“she could hear echoes of her own footsteps”

noun

a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.

“his contention contains more than an echo of Rousseau”

noun

an imitation or repetition

“the flower arrangement was created as an echo of a client's still life”

noun

a reflected television or radio or radar beam

noun

a reply that repeats what has just been said

noun

a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained

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