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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024peal /pil/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a loud, long ringing of bells.
- any loud, long sound or series of sounds, as of thunder or laughter:peals of laughter.
v. - to (cause to) make a loud, ringing sound: [no object]The church bells pealed after the news of the peace treaty.[~ + object]They pealed the church bells joyously.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peal (pēl),USA pronunciation n. - a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Music and Dancea set of bells tuned to one another.
- a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
- any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.
v.t. - to sound loudly and sonorously:to peal the bells of a tower.
- [Obs.]to assail with loud sounds.
v.i. - to sound forth in a peal;
resound.
- Middle English pele, akin to peal to beat, strike (now dialect, dialectal) 1350–1400
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reverberation, resounding, clangor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peal /piːl/ n - a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter
- a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells
- (not in technical usage) the set of bells in a belfry
vb - (intransitive) to sound with a peal or peals
- (transitive) to give forth loudly and sonorously
- (transitive) to ring (bells) in peals
Etymology: 14th Century pele, variant of apele appeal |