'Peal' definitions:
Definition of 'peal'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Peal'
From: GCIDE
- Peal \Peal\, v. t.
- 1. To utter or give forth loudly; to cause to give out loud sounds; to noise abroad. [1913 Webster]
- The warrior's name, Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame. --J. Barlow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To assail with noise or loud sounds. [1913 Webster]
- Nor was his ear less pealed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pour out. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peal'
From: GCIDE
- Peal \Peal\ (p[=e]l), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peal'
From: GCIDE
- Peal \Peal\, v. i. To appeal. [Obs.] --Spencer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peal'
From: GCIDE
- Peal \Peal\, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. appellare. See Appeal.]
- 1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. "A fair peal of artillery." --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
- Whether those peals of praise be his or no. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And a deep thunder, peal on peal, afar. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells. [1913 Webster]
- To ring a peal. See under Ring. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peal'
From: GCIDE
- Peal \Peal\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pealed (p[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Pealing.]
- 1. To utter or give out loud sounds. [1913 Webster]
- There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To resound; to echo. [1913 Webster]
- And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awake the dead,
- bay,
- beep,
- bell,
- blare,
- blast,
- blast the ear,
- blat,
- blow,
- blow the horn,
- bong,
- boom,
- booming,
- bray,
- bugle,
- cannonade,
- carillon,
- change ringing,
- chime,
- chiming,
- chink,
- clamor,
- clang,
- clanging,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clanking,
- clap,
- clarion,
- clink,
- crash,
- crescendo,
- deafen,
- din,
- ding,
- ding-a-ling,
- dingdong,
- dinging,
- dingle,
- dong,
- donging,
- fanfare,
- fill the air,
- flourish of trumpets,
- gong,
- growl,
- grumble,
- honk,
- jangle,
- jingle,
- jingle-jangle,
- jinglejangle,
- jingling,
- knell,
- knelling,
- peal ringing,
- pealing,
- pipe,
- rattle the windows,
- rend the air,
- rend the ears,
- resonate,
- resound,
- reverberate,
- reverberation,
- ring,
- ring changes,
- ringing,
- rise,
- roar,
- rock the sky,
- roll,
- rumble,
- shriek,
- sound,
- sound a knell,
- sound a tattoo,
- sound taps,
- split the eardrums,
- split the ears,
- squeal,
- startle the echoes,
- stun,
- surge,
- swell,
- tantara,
- tantarara,
- taps,
- tarantara,
- tattoo,
- thunder,
- ting,
- ting-a-ling,
- tingle,
- tingling,
- tink,
- tinkle,
- tinkling,
- tinnitus,
- tintinnabulate,
- toll,
- tolling,
- toot,
- tootle,
- trumpet,
- trumpet blast,
- trumpet call,
- tweedle,
- whistle,
- wind