There was a sharp peal of thunder.
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Peal
//piːl//
Synonyms for "peal" (115 found)
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Related words (57)
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6 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
47 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἠχέω verb (to sound with a peal)
Armenian
1 entries- զրնգալ verb (to sound with a peal)
Belarusian
1 entries- звон noun (loud sound)
Bulgarian
4 entries- камбанен звън noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- тътен noun (loud sound)
- еча verb (to sound with a peal)
- звъня verb (to sound with a peal)
Catalan
1 entries- campanejar verb (to sound with a peal)
Czech
4 entries- salva noun (loud sound)
- vyzvánění noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- výbuch noun (loud sound)
- zvonění noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Esperanto
2 entries- sonorado noun (loud sound)
- sonorilaro noun (set of bells)
Finnish
4 entries- jylinä noun (loud sound)
- jyly noun (loud sound)
- jyrinä noun (loud sound)
- jyrähdys noun (loud sound)
French
1 entries- éclat noun (loud sound)
Galician
2 entries- badalada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- picada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
German
2 entries- Dröhnen noun (loud sound)
- Glüüt noun (loud sound)
Japanese
1 entries- 雷鳴 noun (loud sound)
Māori
2 entries- tangi pōhutu noun (loud sound)
- pere verb (to sound with a peal)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چاكلامق verb (to sound with a peal)
Russian
3 entries- гро́хот noun (loud sound)
- звон noun (loud sound)
- звон noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Spanish
4 entries- campanada noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- campaneo noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- estruendo noun (loud sound)
- repique noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Tagalog
2 entries- dupikal noun (the sound of ringing bells)
- kalembang noun (the sound of ringing bells)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Marilla turned quickly away to hide her twitching face; but it was no use; she collapsed on the nearest chair and burst into such a hearty and unusual peal of laughter that Matthew, crossing the yard outside, halted in amazement.
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A peal of defiant laughter rang out from Tom intending to provoke John, who stood before him.
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There was a violent peal at the bell, and in a few seconds the fair-headed detective came up the stairs, three steps at a time, and burst into our sitting-room.
Source: tatoeba (6310015)
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