din

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭn, IPA ^(key): /dɪn/

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Noun

Singular din

Plural dins

1. A din is a loud noise or a loud commotion that lasts for a long time.

   The children were making a terrible din.

Verb

Plain form din

Third-person singular dins

Past tense dinned

Past participle dinned

Present participle dinning

1. (intransitive) If you are making a din, you are making a lot of noise.
2. (transitive) If you make a din, you are constantly repeating something for someone to remember it.

   He dinned the lessons into his students.