Din - English meaning

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

(of a flowing water) make a continuous murmuring sound.

Usage examples:

The shallow river babbled over smooth rocks

combining form

Forming nouns denoting confusing or pretentious jargon, especially that characteristic of a particular field or group.

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Psychobabble

noun

The action or fact of talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The constant babbling of the kids

adjective

Talking rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

The noise of babbling tourists

verb

Talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.

Usage examples:

They babbled on about their holiday

noun

A confused noise made by a number of voices.

Usage examples:

The babel of voices on the road

verb

Make or cause to make a loud, harsh sound.

Usage examples:

The ambulance arrived outside, siren blaring

noun

A loud, harsh sound.

Usage examples:

A blare of trumpets

verb

To make a very loud noise

Usage examples:

Music blared from a radio., the siren’s blare was deafening.

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

verb

Pressurize (someone) into adopting radically different beliefs by using systematic and often forcible means.

Usage examples:

People are brainwashed into believing family life is the best

noun

A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.

Usage examples:

A cacophony of deafening alarm bells

noun

An unpleasant mixture of loud sounds

Usage examples:

What a cacophony!, as we entered the farmyard we were met with a cacophony of animal sounds.

verb

Make a shrill howling or wailing noise like that of a cat.

Usage examples:

He seems to think that singing soulfully is to whine and caterwaul tunelessly

noun

A shrill howling or wailing noise.

Usage examples:

The song ended in a caterwaul of feedback

noun

A high unpleasant noise like a cat, made by a person or animal

Usage examples:

I heard some dreadful caterwauling - was that you singing?, a heart-rending caterwauling came from …

noun

A loud and confused noise, especially that of people shouting.

Usage examples:

The questions rose to a clamour

verb

(of a group of people) shout loudly and insistently.

Usage examples:

The surging crowds clamoured for attention

verb

To make a loud complaint or demand

Usage examples:

The children were all clamouring for attention., [ + to infinitive ] she clamours to go home as soo…

noun

A loud, resonant metallic sound or series of sounds.

Usage examples:

The steel door slammed shut with a clang

verb

Make or cause to make a clang.

Usage examples:

The bell of a fire engine clanged

noun

A continuous loud banging or ringing sound.

Usage examples:

He went deaf because of the clangour of the steam hammers

noun

A violent confrontation.

Usage examples:

There have been minor clashes with security forces

verb

Meet and come into violent conflict.

Usage examples:

Soccer hooligans clashed with rival fans before the match

verb

Crash together with violent impact

noun

A continuous rattling sound as of hard objects falling or striking each other.

Usage examples:

The horse spun round with a clatter of hooves

verb

Make or cause to make a continuous rattling sound.

Usage examples:

Her coffee cup clattered in the saucer

verb

To make loud noises, or to hit hard objects against each other

Usage examples:

[ t ] don’t clatter the pots and pans – you’ll wake the baby up., she could hear the clatter of hor…

noun

A state of confused and noisy disturbance.

Usage examples:

She was distracted by a commotion across the street

noun

A sudden, brief period of noise, confusion, or excited movement

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was a commotion outside the embassy.

verb

(of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.

Usage examples:

A racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier

noun

A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.

Usage examples:

A car crash

adjective

Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.

Usage examples:

A crash course in italian

noun

A tool or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes.

Usage examples:

Most of the project requires basic wood-working tools - a circular saw, a saber saw, an electric dr…

verb

Produce (a hole) in something by or as if by boring with a drill.

Usage examples:

Drill holes through the tiles for the masonry pins

verb

Sow (seed) with a drill.

Usage examples:

Crops drilled in autumn

verb

Operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.

Usage examples:

He got into his car and drove off

noun

(of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

He was driven by ambition

verb

To travel in a motor vehicle, esp. as the person who operates it

Usage examples:

[ t ] we drove 40 miles to visit my aunt., [ i ] she drove through pennsylvania to ohio., [ i ] she…

noun

A percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped, with a taut membrane over one or both ends.

Usage examples:

A shuffling dance to the beat of a drum

verb

Play on a drum or drums.

Usage examples:

He channelled his energies into drumming with local groups

noun

A long, narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys.

noun

A noisy disturbance or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The fracas was broken up by stewards

noun

A noisy argument or fight

Usage examples:

The players got into a scuffle, both benches cleared, and some fans joined the fracas.

noun

A tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.

Usage examples:

Grip pressure should be firm but not tight - about the way you would grip a hammer's handle while d…

verb

Another term for malleus.

proper noun

A british film company (full name hammer film productions) founded in 1948, known especially for its horror films.

Usage examples:

A hammer horror movie

noun

A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people.

Usage examples:

A hubbub of laughter and shouting

verb

Insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) in a person's body, especially by surgery.

Usage examples:

Electrodes had been implanted in his brain

noun

A thing implanted in something else, especially a piece of tissue, prosthetic device, or other object implanted in the body.

Usage examples:

A silicone breast implant

verb

To put an organ, group of cells, or device into the body in a medical operation

Usage examples:

He had a new heart valve implanted., fig. women's basketball must find a way to implant itself into…

verb

Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction.

Usage examples:

I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry

verb

To cause someone to have particular beliefs or values by repeating them frequently

Usage examples:

The goal is to inculcate in students a tolerance for people of other religions and races.

verb

Teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.

Usage examples:

Broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses

verb

Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

Usage examples:

They trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes

adjective

(of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.

Usage examples:

Aniline black for cotton was the first ingrain color, or dye developed directly on the fiber.

verb

Gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person's mind.

Usage examples:

The standards her parents had instilled into her

verb

To put a feeling, idea, or principle gradually into someone's mind, so that it has a strong influence on the way that person thinks or behaves

Usage examples:

It is part of a teacher's job to instil confidence in/into his or her students.

noun

An exclamation or shout.

Usage examples:

An outcry of spontaneous passion

noun

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.

Usage examples:

A squash racket

verb

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise.

Usage examples:

Trains racketed by

noun

An object consisting of a net fixed tightly to an oval frame with a long handle, used in various sports for hitting a ball

Usage examples:

A tennis/squash racket, who’s making such a racket?

noun

Long, loud piercing cries expressing extreme emotion or pain.

Usage examples:

Neighbours heard screaming and shouting and decided to dial 999

adjective

Giving a long, loud, piercing cry or cries.

Usage examples:

A harassed parent with a screaming child

verb

Give a long, loud, piercing cry or cries expressing extreme emotion or pain.

Usage examples:

They could hear him screaming in pain

verb

(of a person) utter a loud cry, typically as an expression of a strong emotion.

Usage examples:

She shouted for joy

noun

A loud cry expressing a strong emotion or calling attention.

Usage examples:

His words were interrupted by warning shouts

noun

One's turn to buy a round of drinks.

Usage examples:

‘do you want another drink? my shout.’

noun

A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

Usage examples:

A tumult of shouting and screaming broke out

noun

Noise and excitement, or a state of confusion, change, or uncertainty

Usage examples:

[ u ] mental tumult, [ c usually sing ] a tumult of emotion, [ u ] the garden sits amid the tumult …

noun

A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance.

Usage examples:

The room was in an uproar

noun

Loud complaints esp. by angry people, or a noisy state of confusion

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was an uproar over the proposed rent increases.

verb

Shout in a loud, sharp way.

Usage examples:

You heard me losing my temper and yelling at her

noun

A loud, sharp cry of pain, surprise, or delight.

Usage examples:

Her foot slipped and she gave a yell of fear

noun

An extremely amusing person or thing.