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Meanings of din in English

Portuguese
escândalo
Catalan
gatzara
Spanish
escándalo

The act of making a noisy disturbance.

escândalo
Portuguese
ruído
Catalan
estridència
Spanish
cacofonía

A loud harsh or strident noise.

ruído

A continuing loud, harsh or strident noise.

Make a resonant sound, like artillery.

Usage of din in English
1
The noise awakened the baby; who added his wails to the din.
Further Adventures of Lad
2
Above the general din he heard the detestable voice of the turnkey.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
3
I dinna' want ye to think me too barbaric to look at.
Seduced by a highlander
4
They left off their couplings and set up a din of welcome.
Complete Books of Blood
5
The intolerable din and struggle of the week are at an end.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
6
People were awakened in the night by the sudden cessation of din.
The Whispering Spheres
7
I entered several coffee-houses: the din of tongues in all was deafening.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
8
Helga sang from her booth; and the din was redoubled with cheering.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
9
The Moors were terrified by the tumbling ruins and the tremendous din.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
10
The policeman listened to the din and then made for the house.
Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life
11
He could not hear what was said; the din was too loud.
The Four Feathers
12
Today, the din of humanity interrupts the corridors linking those three habitats.
The world without us
13
The desire to be heard over the human din is probably universal.
Reuters
14
The two reports made a deafening din in that place of echoes.
The Captain of the Kansas
15
To concentrate in the midst of such a din was almost impossible.
Men of Affairs
16
And then came a voice, shouting through the din and the dark:
The Desert Valley
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Din through the time
Din across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common