Dent

Pronunciation

• UK enPR: dÄ•nt, IPA: /dÉ›nt/
• Rhymes: -É›nt

Middle English dent, dente, dint ("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"). More at dint.

Full definition of dent

Noun

1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
2. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or actionThat purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
• 2011, April 11, Phil McNulty , Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City, Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.

Verb

1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.''Copper is soft and dents easily.

French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. See tooth.

Noun

1. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

Anagrams

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