Word: peal
Word origin: late Middle English: shortening of appeal.
Phonetic:
piːl
Listen:
a loud ringing of a bell or bells. Example: the bell rang again, a long, loud peal
a loud repeated or reverberating sound of thunder or laughter. Example: Ross burst into peals of laughter
(of a bell or bells) ring loudly or in a peal. Example: all the bells of the city began to peal
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