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   Din

   /din/

   

   noun

   • 1. a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise: "the fans made an awful din"

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) learn or remember something by constant repetition: "the doctrine that has been dinned into all our heads" Similar instildrivedrumhammerdrillimplantingraininculcateteach over and over againindoctrinatebrainwash
   • 2. make a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise: "the sound dinning in my ears was the telephone ringing" Similar blareblastclangclattercrashclamor

   Word Origin Old Englishdyne, dynn (noun), dynian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tuni (noun) and Old Norse dynr (noun), dynja ‘come rumbling down’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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