Definition for DIN

DIN, n. [Sax. dyn, noise; dyna, to sound; Ice. dyna, to thunder; L. tinnio, tonus, tono. This word probably belongs to the root of tone and thunder, and denotes a rumbling or rattling noise. Sax. eorth-dyne, an earthquake.]

Noise; a loud sound; particularly, a rattling, clattering or rumbling sound, long continued; as, the din of arms, the din of war.

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