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dent

UK/dɛnt/ US/ˈdɛnt/ fairly common informal
verb (1) noun (3)

verb

1.

make a depression into

  • “The bicycle dented my car”
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noun

1.

an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

  • “it made a dent in my bank account”
2.
3.

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

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Origin

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.

Phrases

  • dent corn
  • put a dent in the universe

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