WikiWord

English

dint

/dɪnt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. 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.
  4. To dent.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
dint — meaning and etymology | WikiWord