reverberating Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb ring or echo with sound
   reverberate; ring; echo; resound.
   
   • the hall resounded with laughter
2. verb have a long or continuing effect
   reverberate.
   
   • The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life
3. verb be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
   reverberate.
   
   • the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building
4. verb to throw or bend back (from a surface)
   reflect; reverberate.
   
   • Sound is reflected well in this auditorium
5. verb spring back; spring away from an impact
   spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile; ricochet.
   
   • The rubber ball bounced
   • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
6. verb treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace
   reverberate.
   
   • reverberate ore
7. adjective satellite characterized by resonance
   resonant; resonating; resounding; reverberative.
   
   • a resonant voice
   • hear the rolling thunder

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