as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch
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as in to repeat
to say or state again
safety lessons dinned into us over and over
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Recent Examples of din
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
The only thing Zumthor didn’t seem to account for was the acoustics, as the concrete does little to dampen the sound bleed from video art on view and the din of people talking.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Hostert, of the University of Iowa, likens it to picking out the faint hum of an air conditioner over the din of Manhattan traffic.
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Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Angered when his ally Munim Khan was replaced by Shams-ud-din as vakil (prime minister), Adham Khan, who was already resentful after his recall from Malwa, stormed into the court with his supporters on May 16, 1562, and murdered Shams-ud-din in the audience hall.
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Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Residents acknowledged there’s always going to be some noise in a dense urban area like downtown, but argued the noise from cars and motorcycles is above the normal din.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
The only thing Zumthor didn’t seem to account for was the acoustics, as the concrete does little to dampen the sound bleed from video art on view and the din of people talking.
—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Hostert, of the University of Iowa, likens it to picking out the faint hum of an air conditioner over the din of Manhattan traffic.
—
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Angered when his ally Munim Khan was replaced by Shams-ud-din as vakil (prime minister), Adham Khan, who was already resentful after his recall from Malwa, stormed into the court with his supporters on May 16, 1562, and murdered Shams-ud-din in the audience hall.
—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for din
Noun
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Top Wall Street analysts help investors look past near-term noise and pick attractive stocks with solid long-term growth potential.
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If there’s anyone down there still alive, make noise or scream.
Verb
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Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.
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The common refrain was simple, that if a referee issues repeated warnings for fouls, at some point a point has to come off, or the warnings stop meaning anything.
Noun
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Gratitude on a stage has rarely seemed more palpable than in Williams basking in the glow of the arena roar; here is someone who, in the spirit of Dylan and the actual words of Doe, has been beyond and back.
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Video taken from Vestavia Hills, a community in central Alabama, showed brown floodwater inundating local streets amid the roar of rain.
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Pygmy Rattlesnakes are small and colorful, around 15 to 20 inches in length, with a vertical pupil, thin tail, and tiny rattle.
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Elsewhere in the snippet of the music video, Latto could be seen walking around a white crib and viewing a scrapbook featuring a page with a rattle and dummy and a positive ClearBlue pregnancy test placed on top.
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In the last year or two, there was chatter and debate whether Messi would actually be selected to join the national team again.
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If circumstances had gone Spain’s way with more clinical finishing or a Cape Verde defender making a mistake, then the result would have been different and a lot of the chatter currently happening (including here) would likely not be happening.
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“Din.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/din. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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