/ dɪn; NAmE / noun
[ sing. ] a loud, unpleasant noise that lasts for a long time
SYN racket :
The children were making an awful din.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English dyne , dynn (noun), dynian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tuni (noun) and Old Norse dynr (noun), dynja come rumbling down.