echoic
/ɛˈkoʊɪk/
adjective
- Relating to or resembling an echo; having the quality of an echo.
- The recording had an echoic effect that made it sound dreamy.
- Her laugh had an echoic quality that filled the room.
- The echoic sound of footsteps bounced off the stone walls.
- (of a word or sound) imitating the sound it describes; onomatopoeic.
- The poet used echoic language to mimic the sounds of the forest.
- Children often enjoy echoic words because they are fun to say.
- Words like 'buzz' and 'hiss' are echoic in nature.
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