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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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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
  • After starting the shoot with a cast that includes Carla Gugino, Taylor Hickson and James Jordan, in addition to himself, his phone rang.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier Wednesday, the first lady rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange and spoke about women’s role in the global economy at IMPERIA, the first global summit for female CEOs and executives at the New York Stock Exchange.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 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
  • The boutique’s interiors will chime with other Jessica McCormack stores, which have been designed like private townhouses, filled with art, antiques, and decorated with bespoke paints and wallpapers to conjure an intimate, residential feel.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Lisa Robertson’s Riverwork draws on all these influences, and many more, to evoke overlapping Parises that chime with one another like a ghostly carillon.
    — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 19 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
  • Beaumarchais’s Le Mariage de Figaro (1778) sounded the death knell of the feudal droit du seigneur.
    — Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Not having Nichushkin available was the death knell for the Avs in the 2024 playoffs.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 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
  • The Cage felt like a useful spot to work out any resentments lingering in your psyche, all the old grievances dissipating with the clang of aluminum on cowhide.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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 30 Sep. 2026.

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