peal
noun
[ piːl ]
• a loud ringing of a bell or bells.
• "the bell rang again, a long, loud peal"
Similar:
chime,
carillon,
ring,
ringing,
knell,
toll,
tolling,
sound,
sounding,
death knell,
clang,
boom,
resounding,
reverberation,
change,
touch,
tocsin,
tintinnabulation,
• a loud repeated or reverberating sound of thunder or laughter.
• "Ross burst into peals of laughter"
Similar:
shriek,
shout,
scream,
howl,
gale,
fit,
eruption,
ripple,
roar,
hoot,
rumble,
boom,
rumbling,
crash,
clap,
crack,
resounding,
reverberation,
peal
verb
• (of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal.
• "all the bells of the city began to peal"
Similar:
ring,
ring out,
chime,
chime out,
clang,
toll,
sound,
clash,
bong,
clink,
ding,
jingle,
boom,
resound,
reverberate,
Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of appeal.
