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
Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2025
Beneath the veneer of misanthropy and the din of controversy her perspective has often incited lies a more generous sensibility that was always present but is only now coming to the fore.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Yet this clarion call is too often lost in the din of daily life.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
While the din in the arena got ever louder, there was only silence in Wright’s head.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Rather, Lapid encourages all on his side to be at least as loud and strident in protest, to have any chance of being heard over the ongoing din of war.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2025
Beneath the veneer of misanthropy and the din of controversy her perspective has often incited lies a more generous sensibility that was always present but is only now coming to the fore.
—Judy Berman, Time, 1 May 2025
Yet this clarion call is too often lost in the din of daily life.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
While the din in the arena got ever louder, there was only silence in Wright’s head.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for din
Noun
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The Nothing Headphone 1’s ANC works very well at suppressing ambient noise like public chatter or airplane engines.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Sony also tested the headsets against varying levels of crowd noise.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Just very much on their own plane, dancing to their own beat, repeating their familiar one-step-forward, two-steps-back shuffle into the All-Star Break.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
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To repeat the first question posed at the start of this review: What’s in a name?—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
Noun
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One of the Harley-Davidson Homecoming festival’s centerpiece attractions — concerts in Veterans Park in downtown Milwaukee — ended not with a roar but with a whimper July 11, and abruptly, when the concerts were canceled around 6 p.m. due to approaching storms.—
Piet Levy,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025
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So the approving roar was, in part, driven by relief and hope for a team Amaya Papaya win.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Baby rattlesnakes don’t have rattles, and adult snakes’ rattles occasionally break off, according to the National Park Service.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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Trains going into and out of the city’s main station rattle past its rooftop playground and restaurant.—
Lily Radziemski,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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There was the usual chatter about 'whether to rest the starters or not', but they good guys weren't going to lay down and hand those cocky Patriots a 16-0 record.—
Geoffrey Knox,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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The Broadway producer also responds and then shuts down the recent social media chatter about the years-old debacle.—
John Lawson,
Essence,
10 July 2025
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“Din.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/din. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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