din

[din]

Walk into the average school cafeteria at lunchtime, and you'll get a good sense of what a din is loud, confused, continuous, generally unpleasant, and often potentially headache inducing noise.

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Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

Noun
the act of making a noisy disturbance

Noun
a loud harsh or strident noise

Verb
instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"

Verb
make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"


n.
Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

n.
To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

n.
To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

v. i.
To sound with a din; a ding.

imp.
of Do


Din

Din , n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. Dun to ask payment.] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?
He knew the battle's din afar.
The dust and din and steam of town.

Din

Din, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. 2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
This hath been often dinned in my ears.
To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. Sir W. Scott.

Din

Din, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding.
The gay viol dinning in the dale.

Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.

To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

To sound with a din; a ding.

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Usage Examples

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Leadership is about doing what you know is right - even when a growing din of voices around you is trying to convince you to accept what you know to be wrong.

Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.

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