Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of beating or striking; a percussion.
  • noun The impulse of a body which causes sound.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
  • noun rare The impulse of a body, which causes sound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
  • noun The impulse of a body which causes sound.

Etymologies

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Latin verberatio: compare French verbération.

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Examples

  • With a wild verberation, a scream of sundered metal and a clatter of flying fragments, the staple gave way.

    Darkness and Dawn George Allan England 1906

  • But that is like the rattle of rifles and the verberation of artillery.

    Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904

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