1. making a dent or small hollow in a surface by force
Usage: present participle of ‘dint’

Examples

• The hail was dinting the car’s hood during the storm.
• He was dinting the metal sheet with a small hammer.
• The baseball kept dinting the aluminum siding.
• Workers were dinting the copper panels to create texture.
• The rocks were dinting the boat’s hull as it scraped along the shore.