[syn: boom, din]
2. instill (into a person) by constant repetition;
- Example: "he dinned the lessons into his students"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Din \Din\, v. i.
To sound with a din; a ding.
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The gay viol dinning in the dale. --A. Seward.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak.
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He knew the battle's din afar. --Sir W.
Scott.
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The dust and din and steam of town. --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
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This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift.
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To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and
noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
din
n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring,
cacophony, clamor, din]
2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion,
din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
v 1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice
boomed through the hall" [syn: boom, din]
2: instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned
the lessons into his students"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
DIN
Deutsche Institut fuer Normung. The German standardisation
body, a member of ISO.