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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Din

/(dĭn)/ · IPA /dɪn/
01 n. Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
  1. 1.
    Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
    “Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?” — Shak.
    “He knew the battle's din afar.” — Sir W. Scott.
    “The dust and din and steam of town.” — Tennyson.
02 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Dinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning
  1. 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.
  2. 2.
    To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
    “This hath been often dinned in my ears.” — Swift.
Phrases & compounds
To din into — to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions.
03 v. i. To sound with a din; a ding.
  1. 1.
    To sound with a din; a ding.
    “The gay viol dinning in the dale.” — A. Seward.