Dint
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪnt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dint is a noun meaning Especially in by dint of: force, power.
Meaning
Especially in by dint of: force, power.
More Meanings
- The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
- To dent.
- Pronunciation spelling of didn’t.
- (obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
Example Sentences
Your helmet was dinted in as if by a great shot.
Much daunted with that dint, her sence was dazd […]
O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel / The dint of pity
It was by dint of passing strength / That he moved the massy stone at length.
Word Forms
- dints
- dinting
- dinted
Related Words
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