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
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
Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2024
Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.
—Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
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Verb
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
Noun
Within hours of arriving, what sounded like a distant peal of thunder rolled in—in this case, the rumble of a harmless, but still awe-inspiring, small-scale avalanche.
—Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2024
Many of the ringers wore earplugs or headphones to muffle the deafening peals.
—Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peal
Verb
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Also, a ringing sound from a stringed musical instrument (especially a guitar) Word 3 (bottom left) hint — something of importance.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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When Ruby Franke’s 12-year-old son managed to escape from counselor Jodi Hildebrandt’s Utah house in August 2023 by crawling out a window and ringing a neighbor’s doorbell, the wounds on his hands and feet were covered with bloody duct tape.—
Claudia Rosenbaum,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Though this installation of tintinnabulation has been a feature of the garden for more than a decade, some frequent visitors only noticed the chimes this summer, when a small crew recently installed them in a large linden tree adjacent to Parade Stadium.—
Kim Hyatt,
Star Tribune,
23 July 2021
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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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The positivity at the heart of the clip clearly chimed with people online.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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However, Rachael’s younger sister Trinity Kirkconnell chimed into Gabby’s comments to shed some light on the timeline.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That was a fantastically exciting ding-dong 2-2 — with Atletico missing a 99th penalty and eventually being eliminated from the Champions League after the group stage.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Not a very productive interrogation … that is until there’s a ding-dong at the door.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Would-be buyers of older setups should know that most consumer electronics from the early solid-state era—the mid-1960s into the ’80s, when transistors appeared to be the death knell for vacuum tubes—sounded awful then and sound even worse today.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
15 Feb. 2025
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The experiment failed almost immediately, but its death knell occurred on October 7.—
David Friedman,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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Plink, plink, plink go the rivets, with MGM's No Time to Die, rescheduled from Nov. 20 to April 2021 on Friday, being the latest to plummet earthward.—
Jeva Lange,
TheWeek,
5 Oct. 2020
Noun
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The clang of hammers mixed with bird calls drifted up from the harbor.—
Peggy Orenstein,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Other residents in New Hampshire and Rhode Island also reported the rattle.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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The collar’s microphone and sensors can detect rattlesnakes by listening for the sound of a rattle, or detect if a pet goes missing or is kidnapped.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
15 Oct. 2024
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“Peal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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