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Definition of din noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

din

noun
 
/dɪn/
 
/dɪn/
[singular]
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  1. a loud, unpleasant noise that lasts for a long time synonym racket
    • The children were making an awful din.
    • We couldn’t hear ourselves speak above the din.
    • She could not be heard above the din of the crowd.
    • Who’s making that awful din?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • awful
    • deafening
    • raucous
    verb + din
    • create
    • make
    • hear
    preposition
    • above the din
    • over the din
    • din of
    phrases
    • the din of battle
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    Word OriginOld English dyne, dynn (noun), dynian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tuni (noun) and Old Norse dynr (noun), dynja ‘come rumbling down’.
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