A dent is a gouge or hollow that's left in a surface after some kind of blow. If you hit a soup pot with a hammer, it will leave a dent.
A stroke; a blow.
Noun
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
Noun
an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"
Noun
a depression scratched or carved into a surface
Verb
make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car"
n.
A stroke; a blow.
n.
A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow
or by pressure; an indentation.
v. t.
To make a dent upon; to indent.
n.
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
Dent
A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter.
Dent
The houses dented with bullets.
Dent
A stroke; a blow.
To make a dent upon; to indent.
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
Usage Examples
As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking.
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Other Usage ExamplesUsing no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.
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