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Dime

//daɪm// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
  2. 2
    Acronym of Dark Internet Mail Environment. Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. Canada, US

    "The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down."

  2. 2
    street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars wordnet
  3. 3
    A small amount of money. Canada, US

    "She didn't spend a dime."

  4. 4
    a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar wordnet
  5. 5
    An assist. Philippines, US
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  1. 6
    A playing card with the rank of ten. slang
  2. 7
    Ten dollars. slang
  3. 8
    A thousand dollars. slang

    "At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000."

  4. 9
    A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags. slang
  5. 10
    A ten-year prison sentence. slang

    "These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison."

  6. 11
    Payment responsibility. slang

    "Are you traveling on the company's dime?"

  7. 12
    A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale). US, slang

    "Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes."

  8. 13
    A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
  9. 14
    A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch. Canadian
Verb
  1. 1
    To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. US, slang

    "Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana."

  2. 2
    To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level). US, slang

    "I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

Etymology 2

From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.

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