as in noises
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
there's always a great din from the cafeteria during lunch
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as in repeats
to say or state again
safety lessons dinned into us over and over
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Recent Examples of dins
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Noun
Prepared by Paolo Bressan, the full chorus raised thrilling dins on opening night, although the men weren’t always fine-tuned at the beginning.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dins
Noun
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Even within the walls of the apartment, there was the hum of the refrigerator, the soft ticking of a radio alarm clock and the clock in the VCR, the submarine tlack of the cassette reversing in the answering machine, and other little noises.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Unpredictable hours, loud noises, finicky clients, wrenches, needles.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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But traffic in the key Strait of Hormuz passageway may never return to prewar levels if history repeats itself.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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History repeats itself Netanyahu is driven in large part by Israeli domestic affairs.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Both of them suggest the guitarist Loren Connors leading the early roars of Earth, his intuitive way of navigating the instrument’s neck bolstered by a formidable wall of hum at his back.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
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All of that felt like a distant memory on Monday night, when Becerra, now the leading Democrat ahead of the June 2 primary, was met with roars of approval from a hometown crowd of at least 700 people at Sacramento State.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2026
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That also chimes with the schedule from last year.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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That chimes with AllianceBernstein’s preference for longer-cycle defense plays.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The seeds are loose and clatter around inside the pods, giving baptisia the name rattleweed, as children once used the seedpods as rattles.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 May 2026
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With dresses and intimate wear for women; jewelry; personal care products; men’s wallets; baby swaddles, stuffies, rattles and teething toys; dog leashes, collars and toys; greeting cards and a wide range of home decor, the store is drawing people in.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sustained support from the strings gives way to watery ripples and busy chatters, with piquant harmonic implications.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Since then, there have been chatters about a revival of GQ China, with some claiming that Jonathan Newhouse personally intervened to improve the relationship between Condé Nast and the Chinese authorities, hoping for a new permit.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Dins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dins. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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