dint
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dint¹
- /dɪnt/
Sounds like dent (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪnt
Where it comes from
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.
noun dints · dunt
- Especially in by dint of: force, power. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel / The dint of pity
- The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. [D]epe wͭ dynt the ſword enforced furſt / had ranſakt through his ribs ⁊ ſwete whyte breſt at once had burſt.
- A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd […]
dint²
- /dɪnt/
Sounds like dent (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta.
verb dints · dinting · dinted · dunt
- To dent. Your helmet was dinted in as if by a great shot.
dint³
- /dɪnt/
Sounds like dent (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɪnt
contraction
- Pronunciation spelling of didn’t
Translations
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noun dent
| Deutsch | Delle, Abdruck |
|---|---|
| Русский | сле́д sléd, вмя́тина vmjátina, отпеча́ток otpečátok |
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