Meanings
nounreverb (uncountable)
- uncountableaudio effectsAn electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.
The band is starting, something lonesome, off-key, and drowning in reverb.
2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 265
verbreverb (third-person singular simple present reverbs, present participle reverbing, simple past and past participle reverbed)
present singular third person reverbs · participle present reverbing · participle past reverbed · past reverbed
- obsoleteTo echo.
low sounds Reverb no hollowness
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i] - transitiveTo apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to.
If the recording is misequalized, overmiked , or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28
Origin
Clipping of reverberation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto resono
- resonoelectronic effect
Finnish kaikuefekti
- kaikuefektielectronic effect
German Hall
- Hallelectronic effect
Polish pogłos
- pogłoselectronic effect
Portuguese reverb
- reverbelectronic effect
Spanish reverb, reverbero
- reverbelectronic effect
- reverberoelectronic effect
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reverb
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
reverb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverb
MLA
“reverb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverb. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverb,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverb.
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