"dint" meaning in English

See dint in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

IPA: /dɪnt/ Audio: en-us-dint.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪnt Head templates: {{head|en|contraction}} dint
  1. Pronunciation spelling of didn’t. Tags: alt-of, contraction, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: didn’t
    Sense id: en-dint-en-contraction-CCRMYqao Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 1 5 31 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 36 2 3 24 11 3 6 3 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 1 2 29 10 2 4 2 2 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /dɪnt/ Audio: en-us-dint.ogg [US] Forms: dints [plural], dunt [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪnt 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dint}} Middle English dint, {{inh|en|ang|dynt|t=dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud}} Old English dynt (“dint, blow, strike, stroke, bruise, stripe; the mark left by a blow; the sound or noise made by a blow, thud”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*duntiz|t=a blow}} Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰen-||to strike, hit}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to strike, hit”), {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish, {{cog|is|dyntr|t=a dint}} Icelandic dyntr (“a dint”), {{doublet|en|dent}} Doublet of dent Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dint (countable and uncountable, plural dints)
  1. Especially in by dint of: force, power. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dint-en-noun-ZpAK7vhO
  2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dent): вдлъбнатина от удар (vdlăbnatina ot udar) [feminine] (Bulgarian), důlek [masculine] (Czech), Delle [feminine] (German), Abdruck [masculine] (German), ding [feminine] (Irish), wgięcie [neuter] (Polish), сле́д (sléd) [masculine] (Russian), вмя́тина (vmjátina) [feminine] (Russian), отпеча́ток (otpečátok) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dint-en-noun-9FYTWqeY Disambiguation of 'dent': 0 95 5
  3. (obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dint-en-noun-nhkezH3y Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Middle English links with redundant target parameters, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 15 79 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 7 22 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 24 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 20 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 21 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 19 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: by dint of, dintless
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /dɪnt/ Audio: en-us-dint.ogg [US] Forms: dints [present, singular, third-person], dinting [participle, present], dinted [participle, past], dinted [past], dunt [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪnt Etymology: From Middle English dinten, from the noun. Compare Old Norse dynta. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dinten}} Middle English dinten, {{cog|non|dynta}} Old Norse dynta Head templates: {{en-verb}} dint (third-person singular simple present dints, present participle dinting, simple past and past participle dinted)
  1. To dent. Derived forms: undinted
    Sense id: en-dint-en-verb-UcWhetsZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[D]epe wͭ dynt the ſword enforced furſt / had ranſakt through his ribs ⁊ ſwete whyte breſt at once had burſt.",
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          "text": "Between them cross-bows stood, and engines wrought / To cast a stone, a quarry, or a dart, // From whence, like thunder's dint, or lightnings new, / Against the bulwarks stones and lances flew.",
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        "(obsolete) A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight."
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