US /dɪn/ UK /dɪn/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a loud, prolonged, confused noise

    The din of the factory floor made conversation impossible.

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1 noun · a loud, prolonged, confused... clamorracketuproarnoisecommotiontumulthubbubclatter
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Etymology

From Middle English din, from Old English dyne, dynn ('loud noise'), from Proto-Germanic *duniz, of imitative origin, related to Sanskrit dhuni ('roaring').

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