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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Recent Examples of peal
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
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Verb
As two peals of thunder cracked overhead, all live television feeds from the site went dead.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
The heartwarming bond between a toddler and his chocolate Labrador retriever has captured the internet's attention, as the dog's playful antics sent the little boy into peals of laughter.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
Minutes later, more explosions peal through the air, as the Israeli military responds to the source of the fire.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
Early risers and those late to bed reaped rewards in Washington on Friday as the pre-dawn hours crackled with lightning and pealed with thunder, providing an atmospheric overture to one of the landmarks of our summer.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
Verb
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The train that rings Vesuvius makes its rounds as racehorses train along the shore.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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Powered by two dry piles—an early type of battery—connected in series, the bell has rung more than 10 billion times since it was set up in 1840.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Shivaree, chthonian, erumpent, tintinnabulation, exonumia, requiescat, deipnosophist, omphaloskepsis, horripilation, deliquesce, apopemptic.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2021
Verb
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It’s also brilliantly arranged, from the chiming guitar on the intro to the way the rhythm section makes its entrance (McCartney-esque bassline and rat-a-tat snare) before pulling back on the chorus, where Ruess’ vocal appears to be floating in space on a bed of keyboards and piano.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Outside, bells chimed four o’clock.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The spate of ding-dong-ditch killings has led some authorities to urge kids and teens not to do the prank at all.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 2020, three 16-year-olds were killed when a man rammed his car into their vehicle in retaliation for pulling a ding-dong-ditch prank on him.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Israeli authorities recently approved a new settlement project that ultranationalist lawmakers see as a death knell for dreams of Palestinian statehood.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
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Instability doesn’t have to be a creative death knell, of course.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The clang of a political gong is deafening.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Like the clang of bells, the sound bypassed my ears and punched the air from my lungs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Think things like rattles, balls, activity gyms, and more.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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The snake has a tiny rattle that sounds like the faint buzz of an insect, the TWRA told The Tennessean.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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