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Fists battered violently on the panels, and just as the din was at its height the helmets of two policemen appeared mounting the stairs.

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  1. noun A jumble of loud, usually discordant sounds. See Synonyms at noise.
  2. transitive verb To stun with deafening noise.
  3. transitive verb To instill by wearying repetition: dinned the Latin conjugations into the students' heads.
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  • Striving to be heard above this din were the defiant peeps of finches and sparrows and the occasional stutter of a hidden roadrunner. —  The Last Starfighter
  • "As I endeavored to explain, monsieur, I was not in need of rescue," said Ramses. —  The Mummy Case
  • By now they were all hollering like maniacs and the din was almost disorienting. —  Red Dog
  • There might be Then the riveter started banging again and I nearly fell off the bloody girder and Ferris began complaining about the interference: the generators had been bad enough but this din was affecting the air acoustics as well as the signal and I was getting fed up. —  The Mandarin Cypher
  • Fists battered violently on the panels, and just as the din was at its height the helmets of two policemen appeared mounting the stairs. —  The Mystery of the Four Fingers
 

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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English dine, from Old English dyne.

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  1. from Middle English dyn, properly and usually in two syllables, dyne, dune, dine, dene, from Anglo-Saxon dyne (once dyn), a loud noise (comp. eorth-dyne, an earthquake), = Icelandic dynr, a din, = Swedish dån, a din, = Danish dön, rumble, booming; cf. Sanskrit dhuni, roaring, a torrent, dhvani, a sound, din. See the verb.
  2. from Middle English dinnen, dynnen, dunnen, dinien, dynien, dunien, intransitive, from Anglo-Saxon dynian, make a noise, resound, = Old Saxon dunian, rumble, = Icelandic dynja, pour, rattle down, like hail or rain (cf. duna, thunder), = Swedish dåna = Danish döne, rumble, boom; cf. Sanskrit √ dhvan, roar, sound, buzz. See the noun.
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