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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DIN, n. [L. This word probably belongs to the root of tone and thunder, and denotes a rumbling or rattling noise.] Noise; a loud sound; particularly, a rattling, clattering or rumbling sound, long continued; as the din of arms; the din of war.
DIN, v.t. To strike with continued or confused sound; to stun with noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries; to din with clamor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din]
2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult] v
1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" [syn: boom, din]
2: instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Etymology: German Deutsche Industrie-Normen German Industrial Standards

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dyne; akin to Old Norse dynr din, Sanskrit dhvanati it roars Date: before 12th century 1. a loud continued noise; especially a welter of discordant sounds 2. a situation or condition resembling a din II. verb (dinned; dinning) Date: before 12th century intransitive verb to make a loud noise transitive verb 1. to assail with loud continued noise 2. to impress by insistent repetition — often used with into <lessons dinned into us as children> III. abbreviation dinar

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of a series of technical standards originating in W. Germany and used internationally, esp. to designate electrical connections, film speeds, and paper sizes. Etymology: G, f. Deutsche Industrie- Norm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a prolonged loud and distracting noise. --v. (dinned, dinning) 1 tr. (foll. by into) instil (something to be learned) by constant repetition. 2 intr. make a din. Etymology: OE dyne, dynn, dynian f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Din Din, n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. Dun to ask payment.] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar. Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak. He knew the battle's din afar. --Sir W. Scott. The dust and din and steam of town. --Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Din Din, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.] 1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries. 2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift. To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Din Din, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding. The gay viol dinning in the dale. --A. Seward.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Do Do, v. t. or auxiliary. [imp. Din; p. p. Done; p. pr. & vb. n. Doing. This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (?) or dost ?, he does (?), doeth (?), or doth (?); when auxiliary, the second person is, thou dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. ``What dost thou in this world?'' --Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst (?), formerly didest (?).] [AS. d?n; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d?ti, OIr. d['e]nim I do, Gr. ? to put, Skr. dh[=a], and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. ??? Cf. Deed, Deem, Doom, Fact, Creed, Theme.] 1. To place; to put. [Obs.] --Tale of a Usurer (about 1330). 2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.] My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. --W. Caxton. I shall . . . your cloister do make. --Piers Plowman. A fatal plague which many did to die. --Spenser. We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. --2 Cor. viii. 1. Note: We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made. 3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve. The neglecting it may do much danger. --Shak. He waved indifferently 'twixt doing them neither good not harm. --Shak. 4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. --Ex. xx. 9. We did not do these things. --Ld. Lytton. You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. --Emerson. Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc. 5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. ``Ere summer half be done.'' ``I have done weeping.'' --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A din is a very loud and unpleasant noise that lasts for some time. They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd. = racket N-SING

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Noise, uproar, racket, clamor, clangor, clashing, clash, crash, crashing, clatter, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly.

Moby Thesaurus

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