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dint

dint [ dint ]


noun  (plural dints)
Definition:
 

Same as  dentn (sense 1) (sense 2) (sense 3) (sense 4)




transitive verb  (past and past participle dint·ed, present participle dint·ing, 3rd person present singular dints)
Definition:
 
1. 
Same as  dentv (sense 1) (sense 2)


2. drive something in with force: to drive something in forcefully

[ Old English dynt "blow, stroke (especially of a weapon)" < Germanic]

by dint of using something, or by the force of something

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