Definitions for peal

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Spelling: [peel]

IPA: /pil/

Peal is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in peal (aelp).

Definitions for peal

noun

1. a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
2. a set of bells tuned to one another.
3. a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
4. any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.

verb (used with object)

1. to sound loudly and sonorously:
2. Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds.

verb (used without object)

1. to sound forth in a peal; resound.

Origin of peal

1350-1400; Middle English pele, akin to peal to beat, strike (now dial.)

Examples for peal

Just then there came through the air a peal of happy laughter.

It seemed to have spent itself in one flash of lightning and one peal of thunder.

Ned never forgot the peal of laughter which came from his parents.

A moment of stunned quiet had succeeded the peal of thunder.

From the distance the peal of the bell reached them faintly.

Our eyes met, and Adelaide burst into a peal of harsh laughter.

Sometimes all the bells which compose a peal tell their various uses.

Take potatoes, peal and use ricer, into bowl add milk, butter, and cream.

Then the church bells began to peal, and Csar made a prolonged A—hm!

At that moment, to his excessive astonishment, the organ began to peal forth.