(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When bells ~, they ring one after another, making a musical sound.
Church bells ~ed at the stroke of midnight.
VERB: V
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Peal is also a noun.
...the great ~ of the Abbey bells.
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2.
A ~ of laughter or thunder consists of a long, loud series of sounds.
I heard a ~ of merry laughter.
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