echo UK /ˈɛk.əʊ/US /ˈɛk.oʊ/noun 14verb 6forms 6 noun14 •a sound that travels out, meets a hard surface and returns, so the same person hears it againThe babbling echo mocks the hounds. — 1588 •(figurative) Something that reflects or hearkens back to an earlier thing.The frustration with the political process that in the '60s led to the formation of resistance groups finds an echo in today's increasingly confrontational tactics. — 1991 •An utterance repeating what has just been said. •The displaying on the command line of the command that has just been executed. •(informal) Clipping of echocardiography. •(informal) Clipping of echocardiogram.[…] his echocardiogram had been read as normal. […] Joseph interrupted, "But my echo was normal. How could it be my heart?" — 2004 •(figurative) Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. — 1642 •(figurative) An insignificant indirect result; a ripple. •Alternative letter-case form of Echo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. •An antisemitic punctuation symbol or marking, ((( ))), placed around a name or phrase to indicate the person is Jewish or the entity is controlled by Jewish people; or repurposed or reclaimed to proudly declare one's Jewishness or solidarity with Jews. •A device in verse in which a line ends with a word which recalls the sound of the last word of the preceding line. •An individual discussion forum using the echomail system.When someone asks an off-topic question […] they are usually quickly told to knock it off. You can't ask a question about modems in an echo devoted to local-area networks. — 1992 •A signal, played in the same manner as a trump signal, made by a player who holds four or more trumps (or, as played by some, exactly three trumps) and whose partner has led trumps or signalled for trumps. •A signal showing the number held of a plain suit when a high card in that suit is led by one's partner. verb6 •Of a sound or sound waves: to reflect off a surface and return; to reverberate or resound.With each clap of thunder echoing from one high building to another the noise was terrific. — 1953 •To reflect back (a sound).Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. — 1697 •To repeat its input as input to some other device or system.The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing. — 1991 •(figurative) To repeat (another’s speech, opinion, etc.).Sid echoed his father’s point of view. •(figurative) Of a rumour, opinion, etc.: to spread or reverberate. •To give the echo signal, informing one's partner about cards one holds. formsechoed · echoing · echoes · echoeth · echoest · echos