reverb

English

Etymology

Clipping of reverberation.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːˌvɜː(ɹ)b/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːˌvɜː(ɹ)b/, /ɹiːˈvɜː(ɹ)b/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (verb) Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b

Noun

reverb (uncountable)

1. (audio effects) An electronic effect which simulates echoes or reverberations in the sound signal being processed.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 265:

     The band is starting, something lonesome, off-key, and drowning in reverb.

Related terms

• plate reverb
• reverb plate
• spring reverb

Translations

electronic effect

• Esperanto: resono
• Finnish: kaikuefekti
• German: Hall (de) m
• Polish: pogłos (pl) m
• Portuguese: reverb m

Verb

reverb (third-person singular simple present reverbs, present participle reverbing, simple past and past participle reverbed)

1. (obsolete) To echo.
   • 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]:

     low sounds Reverb no hollowness

2. (transitive) To apply a reverb (electronic echo effect) to.
   • 1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28:

     If the recording is misequalized, overmiked , or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.

Portuguese

Noun

reverb m (plural reverbs)

1. (audio effects) reverb (electronic effect mimicking reverberation)