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• peal — peal1 [pi:l] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: appeal] 1.) a sudden loud sound of laughter peal of ▪ We could hear peals of laughter coming from the hall. 2.) a loud sound of thunder = ↑clap peal of ▪ A loud peal of thunder crashed direc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• thunder — Synonyms and related words: Bedlam let loose, Donar, Indra, Jupiter Tonans, Thor, awake the dead, bark, bawl, bedlam, bellow, blare, blare forth, blast, blast the ear, blat, blaze, blaze abroad, blazon, blazon about, blubber, bobbery, boom,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• peal — 1. noun 1) a peal of bells Syn: chime, carillon, ring, ringing, tintinnabulation 2) peals of laughter Syn: shriek, shout, scream, howl, gale, fit, roar …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Thunder — For other uses, see Thunder (disambiguation). Thunder is the sound made by lightning. Depending on the nature of the lightning and distance of the listener, thunder can range from a sharp, loud crack to a long, low rumble (brontide). The sudden… …   Wikipedia

• thunder — 1. noun 1) thunder and lightning Syn: thunderclap, peal of thunder, roll of thunder, rumble of thunder, crack of thunder, crash of thunder; literary thunderbolt 2) the ceaseless thunder of the traffic Syn: rumble, rumbling, boom, boomi …   Thesaurus of popular words

• thunder —   Hekili.   Also: hekikili, kili, ku i ka hekili, u ina pōhaku a Kāne, pōhaku, pohāka a, ka a ka pōhaku.     To cause thunder, threatening thunder, ho ohekili.     To thunder without rain, pāmalō, hekili pāmalo, hekili pāmalo o (considered an… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Peal — Peal, n. [An abbrev. of F. appel a call, appeal, ruffle of a drum, fr. appeller to call, L. appellare. See {Appeal}.] 1. A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, of a multitude, etc. A fair peal of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• thunder — [n] crashing sound barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, discharge, drumfire, explosion, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunderbolt, thundercrack, uproar; concepts… …   New thesaurus

• thunder peal — noun A resounding noise of thunder • • • Main Entry: ↑thunder …   Useful english dictionary

• peal — [n] chime, clang blast, carillon, clamor, clap, crash, resounding, reverberation, ring, ringing, roar, rumble, sound, thunder, tintinnabulation*; concept 595 peal [v] chime, clang bell, bong, crack, crash, knell, resonate, resound, reverberate,… …   New thesaurus

• peal — ► NOUN 1) a loud or prolonged ringing of a bell or bells. 2) a loud repeated or reverberating sound of thunder or laughter. 3) a set of bells. ► VERB ▪ ring or resound in a peal. ORIGIN shortening of APPEAL(Cf. ↑appeal …   English terms dictionary