different between peal vs tinkle
peal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi?l/
- Homophone: peel
- Rhymes: -i?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English pele, peil, probably an apheretic variant of Middle English apel, appel, from Old French apel (“an appeal; pealing of bells”). Compare appeal.
Noun
peal (plural peals)
- A loud sound, or a succession of loud sounds, as of bells, thunder, cannon, shouts, laughter, of a multitude, etc.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks, I could not help joining; and we laughed together, peal after peal […]
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- a fair peal of artillery
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale.
- The changes rung on a set of bells.
Translations
Verb
peal (third-person singular simple present peals, present participle pealing, simple past and past participle pealed)
- (intransitive) To sound with a peal or peals.
- 1864, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Bells
- Then pealed the bells more loud and deep...
- 1939, Bing Crosby, In My Merry Oldsmobile
- To the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal,
- You can go as far you like with me, in my merry Oldsmobile.
- 2006, New York Times
- The bell pealed 20 times, clanging into the dusk as Mr. Bush’s motorcade drove off.
- 1864, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christmas Bells
- (transitive) To utter or sound loudly.
- 1807', Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
- The warrior's name, / Though pealed and chimed on all the tongues of fame.
- 1807', Joel Barlow, The Columbiad
- (transitive) To assail with noise.
- (intransitive) To resound; to echo.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Cumberland
- And the whole air pealed / With the cheers of our men.
- 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Cumberland
- (Britain, dialect) To pour out.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To appeal.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spencer to this entry?)
Derived terms
- peal of bells
Translations
Etymology 2
Uncertain.
Alternative forms
- peel
Noun
peal (plural peals)
- A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Anagrams
- Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, pela, plea
Estonian
Etymology
Adessive case of pea.
Noun
peal
- adessive singular of pea
Postposition
peal
- on, on top of
peal From the web:
tinkle
English
Etymology
From Middle English tinclen, equivalent to tink +? -le (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t??k?l/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Verb
tinkle (third-person singular simple present tinkles, present participle tinkling, simple past and past participle tinkled)
- (intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- The sprightly horse / Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- (transitive) To cause to tinkle.
- (transitive) To indicate, signal, etc. by tinkling.
- To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
- And his ears tinkled, and the colour fled.
- (intransitive, informal) To urinate.
Synonyms
- (urinate): See Thesaurus:urinate
Derived terms
- atinkle
- tinkle-down
- tinkle the ivories
Translations
Noun
tinkle (plural tinkles)
- A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
- (Britain, informal) A telephone call.
- Synonyms: call, ring
- (informal, euphemistic) An act of urination.
Translations
tinkle From the web:
- what twinkles
- what twinkles in the sky at night
- what twinkle twinkle little star
- what twinkles in the highwayman
- what tinkles on the shingles
- what tinkles
- what twinkles in the sky
- what twinkle does the poet refer to
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