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Dinning

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.

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dinning

vb. (present participle of din English)

WordNet
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]

din
  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]

dinning

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Usage examples of "dinning".

For one moment all the shouts and the dinning of hooves receded into a blur of sound.