Din
Din (din) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon dyne, dyn; akin to Icelandic dynr, and to Anglo-Saxon dynian to resound, Icelandic dynja to pour down like hail or rain; compare Sanskrit dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Compare 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 , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon 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.
Collocations (1)
To din into , to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. — Sir W. Scott
Din , intransitive verb
To sound with a din; a ding.
The gay viol dinning in the dale.