dint

Meaning

Verb

To dent.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
2. Force, power; especially in by dint of.
3. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

Contraction

Pronunciation spelling of didn’t.

Synonyms

dent

cave

dimple

impression

indent

indentation

peck

pint

pitting

pock

scar

octarius

blow

clour

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪnt/

Etymology

From Middle English dint, dent, dünt, from Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”). Cognate with Swedish dialectal dunt, Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”). Doublet of dent.