din

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noun

ˈdin

: a loud continued noise

especially : a welter of discordant sounds

trying to hear each other over the din in the bar

: a situation or condition resembling a din

din

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verb

dinned; dinning

intransitive verb

: to make a loud noise

transitive verb

: to assail with loud continued noise

dinned his ears

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

—often used with into

lessons dinned into us as children

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Example Sentences

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The dynamic plays out most vividly in cases of divorce, which in the Hasidic community are conferred by a rabbinical court known as a beth din. —

Eliza Shapiro Jonah Markowitz, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022 Their cabins also are calmer at urban driving speeds, in contrast to the din suffered on the highway. —

Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2022 The film featured nonprofessional actors costumed as ancient Romans barking out the text of the play in an emotionally flat, rapid-fire fashion from the ruins of Palatine Hill in contemporary Rome, with the din of the modern city humming below. —

Alex Williams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022 Puts’s music cleverly delineates the sound worlds of each woman, capturing the furrowed angst of Virginia, the illusory glamour of Laura’s picture-perfect domesticity, the busy cosmopolitan din of Clarissa’s day-to-day. —

Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022 The din in Jordan-Hare Stadium caused a false start on Texas A&M before its first snap of the night. —

Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 13 Nov. 2022 The resounding din of cries fills REDCAT, bouncing off the walls in an eerie harmony. —

Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022 During summer, Tim Tierney falls asleep to the din of mellow chatter drifting into his open window from the back patio at fine-dining restaurant Smyth, below. —

Maggie Hennessy, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022 In the early morning hours of July 26, many St. Louis-area residents awoke to floodwater filling their homes, or to the din of blaring car alarms from vehicles overtaken by murky brown water. —

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2022 See More

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