din

noun

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Definition of din

(Entry 1 of 4)

1 : a loud continued noise especially : a welter of discordant sounds trying to hear each other over the din in the bar

2 : a situation or condition resembling a din

din

verb

dinned; dinning

Definition of din (Entry 2 of 4)

intransitive verb

: to make a loud noise

transitive verb

1 : to assail with loud continued noise dinned his ears

2 : to impress (see impress entry 1 sense 2c) by insistent repetition —often used with into lessons dinned into us as children

din

abbreviation (1)

Definition of din (Entry 3 of 4)

dinar

DIN

abbreviation (2)

Definition of DIN (Entry 4 of 4)

German Industrial Standards

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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 There is a constant din from trains, and tens of thousands of people go through the station on a typical day. — Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, "The Oscars Roll Out the Red Carpet—at a Train Station," 23 Apr. 2021 On a screen, a monitor traced his rising heart rate and falling oxygen levels; over the din of the I.C.U., the ventilator alarm pinged. — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, "A Doctor’s Dark Year," 20 Apr. 2021 Seeking out the sounds of nature may be quite a change for humans more accustomed to tuning out the annoying din of noisy cities and suburbs. — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, "Listening to Nature Gives You a Real Rocky Mountain High," 5 Apr. 2021 This team of former strangers, united by concern and curiosity, salvaged something useful from the din. — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, "America’s Coronavirus Catastrophe Began With Data," 15 Mar. 2021 Those early zoom months seemed so fertile with possibility; suddenly there was no escaping the din and clamor of home life, children begging for attention or starved for entertainment, barking dogs and dinging washing machines. — Liz Elting, Forbes, "Women’s Jobs Are Vanishing. We’re Going To Have To Deal With That Eventually.," 19 Mar. 2021 Labored breathing was lost in the din of hip-hop beats blasting across the compound. — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, "McDonald brothers out to promote health, wellness in San Antonio with 1 million push-up challenge," 8 Mar. 2021 The din, dozens of people shouting to be heard over the next person. — New York Times, "We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?)," 27 Mar. 2021 Yet what could be a more apt way to recall the dark days of spring than a muffled, echoless din in a tight, lightless canyon? — Justin Davidson, Curbed, "Weiss/Manfredi Evokes a Doctor’s Trip Through Despair Into Light," 17 Mar. 2021

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