peal

Plural: peals

Noun

a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.
The changes rung on a set of bells; in the strict sense a full peal of at least 5040 changes.
A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

Verb

Verb Forms: pealed, pealing, peals

To ring loudly or sound out.
ring recurrently
- "bells were pealing"
sound loudly and sonorously
To sound with a peal or peals.
To utter or sound loudly.
To assail with noise.
To resound; to echo.
To appeal.

Examples

The sound of the victory bell seemed to peal through the Words With Friends app.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

pealing, ring, roll, rolling

Scrabble Score: 6

peal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
peal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

peal: valid Words With Friends Word