din
/dɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The German Institute for Standardization.
verb
To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "din and bustle"
- "Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?"
- "[B]red to war, / He knew the battle’s din afar, / And joyed to hear it swell."
- "How often, hither wandering down, My Arthur found your shadows fair, And shook to all the liberal air The dust and din and steam of town:"
- "The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed."
- "So many faces Clive had never seen by daylight, and looking terrible, like cadavers jerked upright to welcome the newly dead. Invigorated by this jolt of misanthropy, he moved sleekly through the din, ignored his name when it was called, withdrew his elbow when it was plucked [...]"