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[], (Noun)
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- A depression, hollow, or indentation in a surface, typically one caused by a blow or collision; a dent. Also occasionally: a blemish or bruise on the skin of a fruit.
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early 17th century; earliest use found in Randle Cotgrave (fl. 1587–?1630), lexicographer. From dinge
[], (Noun)
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- The quality or condition of being dingy; disagreeable lack of brightness or freshness of colour or hue.
- A black person; (sometimes) specifically a black musician.
- A type of rapid or exaggerated vibrato associated with or considered characteristic of the playing of black musicians.
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early 19th century (in an earlier sense). Back-formation from dingy
[], (Adjective)
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- (offensive and derogatory). Designating a black person; of, relating to, frequented by, or associated with black people. Compare sense A. 3, "dingy".
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early 19th century (in an earlier sense). Back-formation from dingy
[], (Verb)
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- To make one or more depressions, hollows, or indentations in (an object or its surface), especially by striking or pressing; to dent or damage in this way.
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early 17th century; earliest use found in Randle Cotgrave (fl. 1587–?1630), lexicographer. Probably the reflex of Old English dengan to strike, beat, cognate with Old Icelandic dengja to hammer
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