1. (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo: "her deep booming laugh reverberated around the room"
▪ (of a place) appear to vibrate or be disturbed because of a loud noise: "the hall reverberated with gaiety and laughter"
▪ return or re-echo (a sound): "oft did the cliffs reverberate the sound"
▪ have continuing and serious effects:"the statements by the professor reverberated through the capitol"
Word Originlate 15th century (in the sense ‘drive or beat back’): from Latin reverberat- ‘struck again’, from the verb reverberare, from re- ‘back’ + verberare ‘to lash’ (from verbera (plural) ‘scourge’).