What does "dinning" mean?

The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.

What is a synonym for "dinning"?

Common synonyms include: boom, commotion, drum, ruckus, awake the dead, babel.

Dinning

//ˈdɪnɪŋ// name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.
"1979, Marshall Frady, Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 426, In 1970, with Nixon now President, it occurred to Graham, as an answer to the dinnings of protest continuing over the land, to mount an Honor America Day celebration in Washington on the Fourth of July […]"

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of din form-of, gerund, participle, present
2
Common misspelling of dining. alt-of, misspelling

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

boom commotion drum ruckus awake the dead babel

Example

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"1979, Marshall Frady, Billy Graham: A Parable of American Righteousness, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 426, In 1970, with Nixon now President, it occurred to Graham, as an answer to the dinnings of protest continuing over the land, to mount an Honor America Day celebration in Washington on the Fourth of July […]"

Etymology

Variant of Denning.

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