DINT, noun 1. A blow; a stroke. 2. Force; violence; power exerted; as, to win by dint of arms, by dint of war, by dint of argument or importunity. 3. The mark made by a blow; a cavity or impression made by a blow or by pressure on a substance; often pronounced dent. His hands had made a dint DINT, verb transitive To make a mark or cavity on a substance by a blow or by pressure. [See Indent.]
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