Din

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

din
    n 1: a loud harsh or strident noise [syn: {blare}, {blaring},
         {cacophony}, {clamor}, {din}]
    2: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: {commotion},
       {din}, {ruction}, {ruckus}, {rumpus}, {tumult}]
    v 1: make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice
         boomed through the hall" [syn: {boom}, {din}]
    2: instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned
       the lessons into his students"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Din \Din\, v. i.
   To sound with a din; a ding.
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         The gay viol dinning in the dale.        --A. Seward.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Din \Din\ (d[i^]n), n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and
   to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail
   or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound.
   Cf. {Dun} to ask payment.]
   Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or
   clanging sound; clamor; roar.
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         Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? --Shak.
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         He knew the battle's din afar.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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         The dust and din and steam of town.      --Tennyson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.
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            This hath been often dinned in my ears. --Swift.
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   {To din into}, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and
      noisy repetitions. --Sir W. Scott.
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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

DIN

   Deutsche Institut fuer Normung.  The German standardisation
   body, a member of {ISO}.

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

DIN
       Deutsches Institut fuer Normung (org.)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "din":
      Bedlam let loose, awake the dead, babel, beat, bedlam, blast,
      blast the ear, blatancy, bobbery, boisterousness, boom, brawl,
      brouhaha, charivari, chirm, clamor, clamorousness, clangor, clap,
      clash, clatter, commotion, crash, crescendo, deafen, ding, discord,
      donnybrook, drum, drunken brawl, dustup, fill the air, flap,
      fracas, free-for-all, hammer, hell broke loose, howl, hubbub,
      hue and cry, hullabaloo, jangle, loud noise, music, noise,
      noise and shouting, outcry, pandemonium, peal, percussion, pound,
      racket, rattle, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears,
      resound, rhubarb, ring, rise, roar, rock the sky, row, ruckus,
      ruction, rumble, rumpus, shindy, shivaree, sound,
      split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stridency,
      stun, surge, swell, thunder, thunderclap, tintamarre, tumult,
      uproar

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

DIN

Gunga, a limpin' lump of brick dust, water carrier.
Employed in H. R. H. service in India.  Wore few clothes.
Fought in many battles.  Frequently gave bad water to soldiers.
Rescued Thomas Atkins, but was shot while in the act.  Saved
the government the price of a medal.  His pathetic story was
widely published. Later it fell into disfavor in the U. S. and
Great Britain, it now being considered a crime to recite the
story.  Ambition:  To come back like Sherlock Holmes.
Recreation:  Sleep.  Address:  Care of biographer.