What is "dinned"

Din \Din\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.]

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. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

   This hath been often dinned in my ears.
   --Swift.

   To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions.
   --Sir W. Scott.

vb. (en-past of: din)

1. n. a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor]

2. the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]

3. [also: dinning, dinned]

1. v. make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" [syn: boom]

2. instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"

3. [also: dinning, dinned]

See din