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noun
1.
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
2.
a set of bells tuned to one another.
3.
a series of changes rung on a set of bells.
4.
any loud, sustained sound or series of sounds, as of cannon, thunder, applause, or laughter.
verb (used with object)
5.
to sound loudly and sonorously: to peal the bells of a tower.
6.
Obsolete. to assail with loud sounds.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to sound forth in a peal; resound.
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- Mostly they provide open space where his guitar can wrangle or snarl or peal.
- At this point the call is interrupted by a peal of derisive, incredulous laughter, followed by a click.
- When its rotations are imaginary, they peal with divine laughter.
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Word Origin & History
peal
late 14c., generally considered a shortened form of appeal, with the notion of a bell that "summons" people to church. This is not entirely convincing, but no better theory has been put forth. Extended sense of "loud ringing of bells" is first recorded 1510s. The verb is 1630s, from the noun.
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