noun / verb

din

DIN/dɪn/

A loud, persistent confused noise.

The jackhammer's din makes the nearby woman cover her ears.

A middle-aged East Asian woman covers her ears beside a middle-aged white woman operating a jackhammer on a small patch of pavement.

Etymology

The Old English noise-word survives in a sense emphasizing duration: a din is a loud, resonant disturbance that keeps going.

In context

Libranima543:14

the bugles, the horns, the clarions, the trumpets, the drums, the cannon, the musketry, and above all the tremendous noise of the carts, all made up together a din so confused and terrific

Don Quixote - Cervantes (Illustrated Audiobook) Part 3 of 4

More examples

She raises her voice above the din of the cafeteria.
The machines stop, and the din finally fades.
The safety rules are dinned into us during training.

Forms

din · dins · dinned · dinning

Similar words

racket: Emphasizes an irritating disturbance, not necessarily continuous or confused noise.
clamor: Often emphasizes loud voices, especially in protest or demand.
hubbub: Usually suggests the confused sound of many people talking.