Peals

The duo had hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid in peals of laughter as they chatted about how they are finding lockdown, joked that the secret to longlife is 'plenty of sex' and also admitted to a crush on Jason Statham.

He gibbers and howls and lets loose with peals of maniacal laughter and speaks entirely in broad catchphrases.

The video features a human jester — a Judy in fabulous green and orange makeup — who waves about a puppet of Punch and fills the gallery with peals of what easily passes as feminist laughter directed at great-man art history.

An extended ringing of peals or "changes" conveys a time of great civic celebration.

Diderot, to whom (says the story) all mathematics was gibberish, stood dumbstruck as peals of laughter erupted from the court.

It has been claimed that St Peter's three bells, cast in about 1350, have one of the oldest peals in England.

Theophany A theophany is a manifestation (appearance) of a god – in the Bible, an appearance of the God of Israel, accompanied by storms – the earth trembles, the mountains quake, the heavens pour rain, thunder peals and lightning flashes.

The ringing of peals signifies a time of rejoicing, such as a wedding.

What follows are "peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake" (8:5).