din Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a loud harsh or strident noise
    clamor; cacophony; blare; blaring.
  2. noun the act of making a noisy disturbance
    tumult; ruckus; commotion; rumpus; ruction.
  3. verb make a resonant sound, like artillery
    boom.
    • His deep voice boomed through the hall
  4. verb instill (into a person) by constant repetition
    • he dinned the lessons into his students

WordNet

Din noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Din transitive verb
Etymology
AS. dynian. See Din, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dinned ; present participle & verbal noun Dinning
Definitions
  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.
    Sir W. Scott.
Din intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To sound with a din; a ding.
    The gay viol dinning in the dale. A. Seward.

Webster 1913