Definition of 'peal'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense peals
, present participle pealing
, past tense, past participle pealed
1. verb
2. countable noun
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Word Frequency
peal in British English 1
noun
2. bell-ringing
a
series of
changes
rung in
accordance with
specific
rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000
permutations in a ring of
eight bells
verb
4. (intransitive)
to sound with a peal or peals
6. (transitive)
to ring (bells) in peals
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Word origin
C14 pele, variant of apele appealWord Frequency
peal in American English
noun
1.
the loud ringing of a bell or set of bells
3.
any loud, prolonged sound, as of
gunfire, thunder, laughter, etc.
verb intransitive, verb transitive
4.
to sound in a peal;
resound; ring
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When bells peal, they ring one after another, making a musical sound.
The bells pealed at the stroke of midnight.
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