Din
[dɪn]
Definition
(verb.) instill (into a person) by constant repetition; 'he dinned the lessons into his students'.
Editor: Miles--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
(n.) 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.
(n.) To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
(v. i.) To sound with a din; a ding.
(imp.) of Do
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Noise, uproar, racket, clamor, clatter, hubbub, HALLABALOO.
Typist: Sanford
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Racket, clamor, rattle, resononce, clangor, reverberation
ANT:Crash, report, burst, explosion, pop, bang
Checked by Groves
Definition
n. a loud continued noise.—v.t. to assail (the ears) with noise: to annoy with clamour: to obtrude noisily (as to din one's complaints into their ears):—pr.p. din′ning; pa.p. dinned.—adj. Din′ful.
Checker: Sandra
Examples
- Now the two great fleets closed in a titanic struggle far above the fiendish din of battle in the gorgeous gardens of the therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Jingle's voice could be plainly heard, even above the din of the wheels, urging on the boys. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The second sword I withdrew noiselessly, but the third clanked in its scabbard with a frightful din. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The crashing of their blades upon mine raised a terrific din that might have been heard for miles through the silent night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Of course you could not hear your own voice for the din that was around you. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was what was always being dinned into you and me at school; it's what goes down best. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Ramon