peal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  2. verb ring recurrently
  3. verb sound loudly and sonorously

Etymology

From Middle English pele, peil, probably an apheretic variant of Middle English apel, appel, from Old French apel (“an appeal; pealing of bells”). Compare appeal.

In classic literature

Synonyms

pealing, roll, rolling

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