dint

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noun
  1. force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.

  2. a dent.

  1. Archaic. a blow; stroke.

verb (used with object)
  1. to make a dent or dents in.

  2. to impress or drive in with force.

Origin of dint

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English dynt; cognate with Old Norse dyntr

Other words for dint

Other words from dint

  • dintless, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for dint

dint

/ (dɪnt) /


noun
  1. by dint of by means or use of: by dint of hard work

  2. archaic a blow or a mark made by a blow

verb
  1. (tr) to mark with dints

noun, verb
  1. a variant of dent 1

Origin of dint

1
Old English dynt; related to Old Norse dyttr blow

Derived forms of dint

  • dintless, adjective

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Other Idioms and Phrases with dint

dint

see by dint of.

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