- 1[intransitive] peal (out) (of bells) to ring loudly The bells of the city began to peal out.
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- 2[intransitive] peal (with something) to suddenly laugh loudly Ellen pealed with laughter. His laughter pealed across the room.
peal
verbNAmE//pil//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they peal he / she / it peals
past simple pealed
-ing form pealing
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