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ALL meanings of peal

peal
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  • noun peal a loud, prolonged ringing of bells. 1
  • noun peal a set of bells tuned to one another. 1
  • noun peal a series of changes rung on a set of bells. 1
  • noun peal loud ringing of bells 1
  • noun peal any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter. 1
  • intransitive verb peal ring out loudly 1
  • verb with object peal to sound loudly and sonorously: to peal the bells of a tower. 1
  • verb with object peal Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds. 1
  • verb without object peal to sound forth in a peal; resound. 1
  • verb peal When bells peal, they ring one after another, making a musical sound. 0
  • verb peal Peal is also a noun. 0
  • countable noun peal A peal of laughter or thunder consists of a long, loud series of sounds. 0
  • noun peal a loud prolonged usually reverberating sound, as of bells, thunder, or laughter 0
  • noun peal a series of changes rung in accordance with specific rules, consisting of not fewer than 5000 permutations in a ring of eight bells 0
  • noun peal the set of bells in a belfry 0
  • verb peal to sound with a peal or peals 0
  • verb peal to give forth loudly and sonorously 0
  • verb peal to ring (bells) in peals 0
  • noun peal a dialect name for a grilse or a young sea trout 0
  • noun peal the loud ringing of a bell or set of bells 0
  • noun peal a set of tuned bells; chimes; carillon 0
  • noun peal the ringing of changes on such a set of bells 0
  • noun peal any loud, prolonged sound, as of gunfire, thunder, laughter, etc. 0
  • intransitive verb peal to sound in a peal; resound; ring 0
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