Added 9 October 2026
dent
/dɛnt/ noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about dent at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
-
An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).
it made a dent in my bank account
- A depression scratched or carved into a surface.
- An impression in a surface (as made by a blow).
verb
-
Make a depression into.
The bicycle dented my car
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.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)