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Webster 1913 Edition


Din

Din

(dĭn)
,
Noun.
[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?
Shakespeare
He knew the battle’s
din
afar.
Sir W. Scott.
The dust and
din
and steam of town.
Tennyson.

Din

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dinned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dinning
.]
[AS.
dynian
. See
Din
,
Noun.
]
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.

Din

,
Verb.
I.
To sound with a din; a ding.
The gay viol
dinning
in the dale.
A. Seward.

Webster 1828 Edition


Din

DIN

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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.

Definition 2024


dìn

dìn

See also: din, DIN, dín, -din, and dìŋ

Mandarin

Romanization

dìn (Zhuyin ㄉㄧㄣˋ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 𨈖