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Definition: Peal |
PealNoun1. A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). Verb1. Ring recurrently; of bells. 2. Make a ringing sound. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Literature | Peal To ring a peal is to ring 5,040 changes; any number of changes less than that is technically called a touch or flourish. Bells are first raised, and then pealed. (Qy. Latin pello, to strike?) "This society rung ... a true and complete peal of 5,040 grandsire triples in three hours and fourteen minutes."- Inscription in Windsor Curfew Tower. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | PEAL. To ring a peal in a man's ears; to scold at him: his wife rang him such a peal!. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: PealSynonyms: pealing (n), roll (n), rolling (n), ring (v), toll (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Giggle, titter, snicker, crow, cheer, chuckle, shout; horse laugh, belly laugh, hearty laugh; guffaw; burst of laughter, fit of laughter, shout of laughter, roar of laughter, peal of laughter; cachinnation; Kentish fire; tiger. |
Approbation | Applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim, acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise; Prytaneum. |
Prodigy | Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Peal |
| English words defined with "peal": Pealed ♦ shattering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "peal": Bells ♦ INFALAPSARIAN. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Peal" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Frisian (pole, post, stake, stanchion). |
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Lyrics | Billy likes to peal the labels from his bottles of bud ("All I Wanna Do"; performing artist: Sheryl Crow) | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition to the Supralapsarians, who hold that that luckless person's fall was decreed from the beginning. Infralapsarians are sometimes called Sublapsarians without material effect upon the importance and lucidity of their views about Adam. Two theologues once, as they wended their way To chapel, engaged in colloquial fray -- An earnest logomachy, bitter as gall, Concerning poor Adam and what made him fall. "'Twas Predestination," cried one -- "for the Lord Decreed he should fall of his own accord." "Not so -- 'twas Free will," the other maintained, "Which led him to choose what the Lord had ordained." So fierce and so fiery grew the debate That nothing but bloodshed their dudgeon could sate; So off flew their cassocks and caps to the ground And, moved by the spirit, their hands went round. Ere either had proved his theology right By winning, or even beginning, the fight, A gray old professor of Latin came by, A staff in his hand and a scowl in his eye, And learning the cause of their quarrel (for still As they clumsily sparred they disputed with skill Of foreordination freedom of will) Cried: "Sirrahs! this reasonless warfare compose: Atwixt ye's no difference worthy of blows. The sects ye belong to -- I'm ready to swear Ye wrongly interpret the names that they bear. You -- Infralapsarian son of a clown! -- Should only contend that Adam slipped down; While you -- you Supralapsarian pup! -- Should nothing aver but that Adam slipped up. It's all the same whether up or down You slip on a peel of banana brown. Even Adam analyzed not his blunder, But thought he had slipped on a peal of thunder! G.J. |
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| "Peal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Peal" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.67% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "peal" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Peal | Last name | 200 | 33,089 |
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Expressions using "peal": peal of applause ♦ peal of bells ♦ peal of laughter ♦ peal of thunder ♦ peal out ♦ salmon peal ♦ thunder peal ♦ To ring a peal. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "peal": quarter-peal. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
peal | 28 |
peal sean | 14 |
peal jam | 14 |
harbor peal | 7 |
guitar peal | 6 |
chemical peal | 6 |
norman vincent peal | 5 |
peal shoes | 4 |
co peal | 4 |
peal resort | 3 |
peal seal | 3 |
jam lyrics peal | 3 |
orange peal record | 2 |
guitar peal review | 2 |
orange peal | 2 |
face peal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "peal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beier (Bavarian, ring). (various references) | |
Albanian | tingëllon (chime, ding, plink, resound, ring, sound, sounds, tingle, tinkle, toll), tingëllim kambanash, kumbim (reverberation, tintinnabulation, toll, tone), ia plas, gjëmim (blare, boom, clap, grumble, roar, roaring, rumble, thunder, whang), cjëmoj. (various references) | |
Arabic | مجموعة أجراس (chime), قصف الرعد (clap, thunderclap), قصف (bombard, bombardment, bombing, cannon, feast, hilarity, orgy, revel, revelry, romp, shell, shelling), جلجلة, جلجل (jingle, thud), رنين الضحك, رنين (chink, clang, jingle, ping, resonance, resonant, ring, ringing, sound, tinkle, tone, twang), رن (chime, chink, clang, ping, plunk, resonate, resound, ring, sound, strike, tinkle, toll, twang), شخر (sniff, snore, snort), دوي المدافع, دوى (blare, boom, reecho, resound, reverberate, roll, shrill, thunder). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съобщавам с биене на камбани, разгласявам (delate, divulge, notify, peddle, proclaim, publicize, publish, reveal, sound), трясък (bang, chunking, clash, crash, din, hurtle, rattle, slam, smash, thunder), комплект камбани, камбанен звън (ding, knell), гърмя (bang, bellow, boom, fulminate, pop off, roll, speak, thunder), гръм (bark, bolt, boom, clap, crack, reverberation, shaft, thunder, thunder peal, thunderbolt, thunderclap), звънене (ringing), ехтя (clang, echo, ring), ехтене (reverberation), ечене (ringing), еча (growl, grumble, redouble, resound, reverberate, roll), ек (crab, grumble, roll), бия (bang, beat, chime, club, curry, feeze, go, hammer, hide, hit, kill, knoll, lace, lather, lay, lick, maul, palpitate, pelt, pulsate, pulse, ram, ramrod, ring, rough up, shoot, strike, swingle, thrash, thresh, wallop, welt, whale, whip, whop, zap), извиквам с висок глас. (various references) | |
Chinese | 一陣 (a burst, a fit, a peal). (various references) | |
Czech | zvonìní (bell, chime, clang, jingle, tinkle, toll), znít (ding, dingle, resonate, resound, sound, tinkle), vyzvánìt (toll), vyzvánìní (sound, toll), rachot (clatter, crash, rattle, roar, rumble), hlahol (blast, sound). (various references) | |
Dutch | kleppen (ring, sound), galmen (echo, resound, ring), beieren (Bavaria, ring), aflopen (come to an end, cover, end, end up, expire, go through, pass through, ring, stoop). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sonori (ring). (various references) | |
Faeroese | ringja (ring, telephone), glinta (ring), gella (echo, ring). (various references) | |
Farsi | هیاهووغوغاکردن , ناقوس یازنگ , غوغا (Affray, Clamor, Din, Fray, Hubbub, Jangle, Melee, Mob, Pandemonium, Rave, Riot, Rumpus, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Tumult, Turmoil, Uproar), غریدن (Boom, Roar, Root, Rumble, Snort), ترق وتروق کردن , طنین متناوب , صدای پیوسته , صدای مسلسل , صدای ناقوس , صدای گوشخراش دادن . (various references) | |
Finnish | soida (chime, clang, resound, ring, sound, toll). (various references) | |
French | tinter, sonner. (various references) | |
Frisian | skilje (ring). (various references) | |
German | läuten (bell, chime, clang, go off, ring, ringing, sound, to chime, to ring, toll), Geläut (chime, chiming, knell, ringing, toll, tolling). (various references) | |
Greek | κρότοσ (clack, clang, clangour, clank, clash, clatter, crash, din, noise, pop, rattle, report), κρούω (knock, ring), κωδωνοκρουσία (bell-ringing, chime, peal of bells), βρόντοσ (crash, din), βροντώ (bang, thunder), ηχώ (blare, chime, clink, echo, resonance, resound, reverberate, ring, sound, ting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לרעום (fulminate, rage, roar, rumble, thunder). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zengés (clang, resonance, ring, ringing), harangzúgás (tintinnabulation), harangszó (bell, chime, chime of bells, chiming, ding-dong, toll, tolling), dörej (bang). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gemuruh (boisterous, cannonading, thundering), gelak tawa (laughter), berdentar (clang), berdentang (clang). (various references) | |
Italian | tuonare (thunder), scroscio (flurry, roar, salvo, shower), scoppio (access, bang, crack, crash, explosion, gale, outbreak, outburst, pop), scampanio (chime, chiming), scampanare (chime), rombo (diamond, lozenge, rhombus, roll, rumble, zoom), risuonare a distesa. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 轟き (boomingbeating, pounding, roar, rumble, throbbing). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | とどろき (boomingbeating, pounding, roar, rumble, throbbing). (various references) | |
Manx | rooit (growl, report, roar, rumble), claggintys (campanology, ding-dong, ringing, tintinnabulation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ealpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vibrar (brandish, flap, fling, oscillate, pendulate, pulsate, pulse, ring, shimmy, swing, thrill, throb, twang, vibrate, wave), troar (poop, roar, rumble), toque forte de sinos, tocar alto, som alto e forte, soar (ding, ring, skirl, sound), ribombar (mutter, roar, rumble, thunder), ressoar (boom, clang, clash, echo, rebound, reecho, resonate, resound, reverberate, rumble, sound, whang), repique (clangor, clangour, ringing), repicar (peak), langor (apathy, languor), estrondo (bang, boom, clap, clash, crack, din, flaw, rattle, rumble, smash, thunder), estrépito (clank), carrilhão (carillon). (various references) | |
Romanian | zvon (breeze, bruit, cry, gossip, grape vine, hearsay, hum, idle rumor, idle rumour, noise, report, ringing, rumor, rumour, story, talk), zgomot (ado, bruit, bustle, clamor, clamour, dash, din, fuss, hubbub, murmur, noise, racket, rattling, roll, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, shouting, slam, sound, splutter, to-do, tumult, uproar), tuna (thunder), trage clopotele (chime), sunet de clopot, sunet (echo, hoot, noise, note, ringing, rustle, sound, tinkle, toll, toot), rãsuna (clash, echo, re echo, resound, sound, vibrate, whang), rãbufni (bang, flare, thunder), hohot (guffaw, scream), face sã rãsune (clang, resound), clopoţi (ring), bubuit (boom, roar, rumble, thundering), bubui (bang, boom, roar, roll, rumble, thunder), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, blow, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst). (various references) | |
Russian | раскат (reverberation, roar), раздаваться (ring out), трезвонить, трезвон, грохот (bolt, clatter, crash, cribble, crush, din, grate, noise, rattle, screen, thunder), греметь раскат, греметь (clank, clatter, fulminate, thunder), возвещать трезвоном, звон колоколов (tintinnabulation), подбор колоколов (carillon, ring). (various references) | |
Scottish | bragh (an explosion, burst, explosion). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prasak (bang, blasting, burst, clap, crack, pop), zvona, oriti se (resound), oglasiti (advertise, advertize, announce, herald, knell), brujati (buzz). (various references) | |
Spanish | estruendo (blare, bluster, clamor, clamour, clang, clangor, clangour, clash, clatter, confusion, crash, din, noise, ostentation, pomp, racket, roar, smash, thunder, turmoil, uproar). (various references) | |
Swedish | klockringning (chime, tintinnabulation, toll), brak (crack, crasch, crash, smash). (various references) | |
Turkish | gürlemek (boom, din, growl, grumble, roar, rumble, rumble out, thunder), gürleme (booming, clap, grumble, roar, roaring, rolling, rumble, thundering), gürültü (ado, bang, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clatter, coil, crash, din, discord, dustup, fracas, hoi polloi, hubble bubble, hubbub, hullabaloo, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, pandemonium, pong, pother, racket, rag, razzle-dazzle, roar, roaring, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, sound, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter), çanların birlikte çalması, çanları çalmak, çan sesleri, çalmak (abstract, adopt, bag, beat, beat out, blow, chime, cop, crib, defalcate, filch, finger, grind, grind out, heist, hijack, hoist, hook, hoot, incline, jangle, jingle, knelt, knock, knock off, lift, make off with, mooch, nobble, pilfer, pinch, play, plunder, rap, render, ring, rustle, scrounge, sneak, snitch, sound, steal, strike, swipe, tend, thieve, toll, twang, verge, verge into, verge on, walk away with, walk off with, whip). (various references) | |
Turkmen | taссyrdamak (rattle, thunder), юyссyrdy (jingle, ring), юaссyrdy (chime). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гуркіт (alarm, brattle, clatter, crash, detonation, din, drumming, growl, noise, racquet, roar, thunder, thunder-clap, wallop), гриміти (bang, brattle, clatter, fulminate, grumble, thunder), дзвін (bell, chink, ding, ding-dong, jingle, plunk, ringing), дзвоніння, дзвонити (chime, ding-dong, ring, ring up, tang, telephone). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "peal": pealed, pealike, pealing, peals. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "peal": appeal, clypeal, repeal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "peal": appealabilities, appealability, appealable, appealed, appealer, appealers, appealing, appealingly, appeals, irrepealabilities, irrepealability, irrepealable, repealable, repealed, repealer, repealers, repealing, repeals, unappealable, unappealing, unappealingly. (additional references) | |
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"Peal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bpdal, eal, epal, Epala, epeal, epil, epual, paal, Pacal, pael, paelm, pamal, paql, paral, pasal, pdeal, peab, pead, peaf, peah, peale, peall, peam, peap, peasly, peau, peav, peaw, peax, peaz, peekl, peely, peil, peile, pel, pela, pelar, Pelaw, Pelay, pele, pell, pelv, peral, perl, Peulh, pewl, pexa, pexal, Pfeil, phal, phea, pheal, piale, pical, Piela, Pila, piol, piral, pmal, poal, Poehl, pokal, Prahl, pral. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "peal" (pronounced pē"l) |
| 3 | p ē" l | appeal, spiel, Peel, repeal. |
| 2 | -ē" l | abele, anneal, conceal, congeal, corneal, creel, deal, diel, eel, feel, genteel, heal, heel, ideal, squeal, steal, steel, surreal, teal, teel, keel, kneel, Leal, meal, ordeal, puerile, real, reel, reseal, reveal, riel, seal, Seel, Shiel, unreal, unseal, veal, wheel, zeal. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: leap, pale, plea. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-p" | |
-1 letter: ale, alp, ape, lap, lea, pal, pea. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, el, la, pa, pe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-p" | |
+1 letter: aleph, ample, appel, apple, lapel, lapse, leaps, leapt, lepta, maple, padle, palea, paled, paler, pales, palet, panel, parle, peals, pearl, pedal, penal, pepla, petal, pilea, place, plage, plane, plate, plead, pleas, pleat, plena, salep, sepal, spale, tepal. | |
+2 letters: alephs, aliped, alpine, ampler, ampule, aplite, apneal, appeal, appels, apples, asleep, aslope, beleap, caplet, carpel, chapel, culpae, dapple, dewlap, earlap, elapid, elapse, empale, epical, espial, impale, lamped, lapels, lapped, lapper, lappet, lapsed, lapser, lapses, leaped, leaper, lipase, maples, paddle, padles, paella, palace, palate, paleae, paleal, palely, palest, palets, palier, palled, pallet, palmed, palmer, palter, panels, papule, parcel, parled, parles, parley, parole, parrel, passel, pastel, pealed, pearls, pearly, pedalo, pedals, pedlar, pelage, pelota, penial, petals, phylae, pineal, placed, placer, places, placet, plages, plague, plaice, planed, planer, planes, planet, plaque, plated, platen, plater, plates, played, player, pleach, pleads, please, pleats, pleiad, pleura, plexal, plicae, poleax, prelaw, rappel, repeal, replan, replay, saleps, salpae, sample, sepals, septal, spales, splake, staple, tepals, upleap. | |
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