reverb

noun, verb — 3 senses

reverb

noun

UK /ˈɹiːvɜːb/ · US /ˈɹiˌvɝb/

Etymology Clipping of reverberation.

1

An 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:

Related terms: plate reverb, reverb plate, spring reverb

reverb

verb

Etymology Clipping of reverberation.

1

Obsolete To echo.

low sounds Reverb no hollownessc. 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]:

2

To 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:

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