name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dinning
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɪnɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪnɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The sound or action of making a loud noise or commotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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 [...]
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of din
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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verb
Meaning 4
Common misspelling of dining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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History
Etymology
Variant of Denning.