n. 1 ringing, ring, carillon, chime, chiming, toll, tolling, clang, clangour, tintinnabulation, clamour, reverberation; knell; clap, crash, roar, rumble, thunder The constant peal of the bells nearly drove him mad The doleful peal rang out for yet another fisherman lost at sea. A resounding peal of thunder shook the house.
v. 2 ring, toll, chime, clang, tintinnabulate, reverberate, resonate, resound; knell; boom, crash, roar, roll, rumble, thunder The cowbells pealed plaintively, reminding me of my youth in the Alps Lightning flashed, and the echoing thunder pealed through the valley.