ECHO QUESTION


Meaning of ECHO QUESTION in English

Gram.

a question uttered by a listener that in effect repeats a speaker's sentence, replacing an unclear or doubted portion of the sentence with a stressed interrogative word, as You said WHAT to John? or He WHAT?

[ 1955-60 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .