din

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noun

ˈdin 

1

: a loud continued noise

especially : a welter of discordant sounds

trying to hear each other over the din in the bar

2

: a situation or condition resembling a din

din

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verb

dinned; dinning

intransitive verb

: to make a loud noise

transitive verb

1

: to assail with loud continued noise

dinned his ears

2

: to impress (see impress entry 1 sense 2c) by insistent repetition

—often used with into

lessons dinned into us as children

din

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abbreviation (1)

dinar

DIN

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abbreviation (2)

German Industrial Standards

Synonyms

Noun

• babel
• blare
• bluster
• bowwow
• brawl
• bruit [archaic]
• cacophony
• chatter
• clamor
• clangor
• decibel(s)
• discordance
• katzenjammer
• noise
• racket
• rattle
• roar

Verb

• chime
• iterate
• rehearse
• reiterate
• repeat

Examples of din in a Sentence

Noun

It was hard to hear anything above the din in the restaurant.

there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch

Verb

safety lessons dinned into us over and over

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Old English dyne; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars

Abbreviation (2)

German Deutsche Industrie-Normen

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Kids Definition

din

1 of 2 noun

ˈdin 

: a loud confused mixture of noises

din

2 of 2 verb

dinned; dinning

1

: to make a loud noise

2

: to repeat again and again in order to impress on someone's mind

dinned into us the consequences of failure