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din

Pronunciation: /dɪn/

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Definition of din

noun

[in singular]

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise:the fans made an awful din

verb (dins, dinning, dinned)

1 [with object] (din something into) make (someone) learn or remember an idea by constant repetition:a runner-up, he dinned into them, was a loser

2 [no object] make a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise:the sound dinned irritatingly into Marian’s head

Origin:

Old English dyne, dynn (noun), dynian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tuni (noun) and Old Norse dynr (noun), dynja 'come rumbling down'