'DIN' definitions:
Definition of 'din'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
verb
Make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" [syn: boom, din]
verb
Instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"
Definition of 'Din'
From: GCIDE
- Din \Din\ (d[i^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He knew the battle's din afar. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- The dust and din and steam of town. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Din'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding. [1913 Webster]
- This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Din'
From: GCIDE
- Din \Din\, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding. [1913 Webster]
- The gay viol dinning in the dale. --A. Seward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'din'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- awake the dead,
- babel,
- beat,
- bedlam,
- Bedlam let loose,
- blast,
- blast the ear,
- blatancy,
- bobbery,
- boisterousness,
- boom,
- brawl,
- brouhaha,
- charivari,
- chirm,
- clamor,
- clamorousness,
- clangor,
- clap,
- clash,
- clatter,
- commotion,
- crash,
- crescendo,
- deafen,
- ding,
- discord,
- donnybrook,
- drum,
- drunken brawl,
- dustup,
- fill the air,
- flap,
- fracas,
- free-for-all,
- hammer,
- hell broke loose,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- hue and cry,
- hullabaloo,
- jangle,
- loud noise,
- music,
- noise,
- noise and shouting,
- outcry,
- pandemonium,
- peal,
- percussion,
- pound,
- racket,
- rattle,
- rattle the windows,
- rend the air,
- rend the ears,
- resound,
- rhubarb,
- ring,
- rise,
- roar,
- rock the sky,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- shindy,
- shivaree,
- sound,
- split the eardrums,
- split the ears,
- startle the echoes,
- stridency,
- stun,
- surge,
- swell,
- thunder,
- thunderclap,
- tintamarre,
- tumult,
- uproar
Acronyms for 'din'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Deutsches Institut fuer Normung (org.)