peal

Meaning of peal

noun
  1. a loud ringing of a bell or bells.
    the bell rang again, a long, loud peal
  2. a loud repeated or reverberating sound of thunder or laughter.
    Ross burst into peals of laughter
verb
  1. (of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.
    all the bells of the city began to peal

late Middle English: shortening of appeal.

Information about peal

Hyphenation of peal

peal

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • peal is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

peal synonyms

Meaning pealing:

pealing, roll, rolling

Meaning ring:

ring

Meaning a melodious ringing sound, as produced by striking a bell:

chime

Meaning a set of bells played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll:

carillon

Meaning an act or sound of ringing:

ringing

Meaning the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral:

knell

Meaning a charge payable to use a bridge or road:

toll

Meaning charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road):

tolling

Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:

sound

Meaning the action of measuring the depth of a body of water:

sounding

Meaning a loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds:

clang

Meaning a loud, deep, resonant sound:

boom

Meaning unmistakable; emphatic:

resounding

Meaning prolongation of a sound; resonance:

reverberation

Meaning an act or process through which something becomes different:

change

Meaning an act of touching someone or something:

touch

Meaning an alarm bell or signal:

tocsin

Meaning a ringing or tinkling sound:

tintinnabulation

Meaning a high-pitched piercing cry or sound; a scream:

shriek

Meaning a loud cry expressing a strong emotion or calling attention:

shout

Meaning a long, loud, piercing cry expressing extreme emotion or pain:

scream

Meaning a long, doleful cry uttered by an animal such as a dog or wolf:

howl

Meaning an outburst of laughter:

gale

Meaning the particular way in which something, especially a garment or component, fits:

fit

Meaning an act or instance of erupting:

eruption

Meaning a small wave or series of waves on the surface of water, especially as caused by a slight breeze or an object dropping into it:

ripple

Meaning a full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion or other large wild animal:

roar

Meaning a low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl:

hoot

Meaning a continuous deep, resonant sound like distant thunder:

rumble

Meaning a continuous deep, resonant sound:

rumbling

Meaning a violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object:

crash

Meaning an act of striking together the palms of the hands:

clap

Meaning a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart:

crack

Meaning meet and come into violent conflict:

clash

Meaning (especially of a bell) emit a low-pitched, resonant sound:

bong

Meaning make or cause to make a clink:

clink

Meaning make a ringing sound:

ding

Meaning make or cause to make a light metallic ringing sound:

jingle

Meaning (of a sound, voice, etc.) fill or echo throughout a place:

resound

Meaning (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo:

reverberate

Anagrams of peal

Alep, alep, leap, lepa, pale, pela, plea

Words that rhyme with peal

Repeal, repeal, appeal, counterappeal, reappeal, interpeal, thunderpeal, speal, outpeal, exrupeal, clypeal

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