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verb

Definition of pealnext
as in to ring
to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates the village bells pealed every hour in commemoration

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peal

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noun

as in ring

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Recent Examples of peal
Verb
The bells of Westminster Abbey pealed for an hour. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026 Lively conversations peal out from the many restaurants, cafés, and lounges where locals and visitors mingle late into the night. — Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
Church bells ring briefly each quarter hour to sound time, their melodic peals blending with ocean breezes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026 The solemn peal of a temple bell rang out 108 times — an auspicious number — as people flocked to the Baoan Temple in Taipei on Tuesday morning. — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
  1. ring
  2. tintinnabulation
  3. chime
  4. ding-dong
  5. knell
  6. plink
  7. clang
  8. rattle
Verb
  • Till the very last song, the unwavering Latin pride that rang through the stadium was potent, especially at a time when the community needs it most.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The boos that rang round Old Trafford on Wednesday have become a familiar sound in recent times.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of ring
Noun
  • Cloudy chords, meditative tintinnabulation, the whoosh of wind and rain, blocks of iridescent brass — all these discrete sonorities trundled by, like a train of boxcars with panoramas painted on their sides.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
Definition of tintinnabulation
Verb
  • Two bells chimed during the ceremony and there was a wreath-laying at the Flight 93 memorial.
    — Kaanita Iyer, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The latter provides enough power in grande sonnerie mode for a total of 616 notes (equivalent to seven hours and 30 minutes of continuous chiming) and in petite sonnerie mode for a maximum of 992 notes—equivalent to 32 hours of chiming.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chime
Noun
  • If, however, Madrid find themselves in end-to-end ding-dongs next season — the kind that Guardiola spent his career, and particularly his final season at City, trying to avoid — then Bernardo may not be the man for the occasion.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Hopefully, now this kid can stop being a moody ass little ding-dong about it.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 May 2026
Definition of ding-dong
Noun
  • But the closing of Music Hall seems a particularly poignant death knell.
    — Michael Calderone, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026
  • What’s more, Reid and Sherrell said, condescension from medical providers over cultural beliefs or practices can be a death knell for public health.
    — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of knell
Noun
  • The orchestration — rich, fluid, and glistening with the vaguely exotic plinks of the cimbalom — has the plushness of an antique carpet.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • There’s also an experimental score by Daniel Blumberg made of bangs and piano plinks and noises that sound like a dozen balloons screaming.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of plink
Noun
  • Construction vehicles beeped and chugged, and the intermittent buzz of saws mixed with the clang of heavy equipment.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The soundtrack—by the frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator David Fleming—is a delight, a polyphonic mood board of ghost-clangs, spooky bassoons, lyrical electro-motifs, and sighing sea themes.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Definition of clang
Noun
  • The noise and defense rattle Boley into four sacks and his first interception as a Sun Devil.
    — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Servants called flappers are required to shake rattles in their ears to keep them from falling or bumping into things.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of rattle

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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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