dime
/daษชm/- 1
A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
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A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- 3
A small amount of money
โShe didn't spend a dime.โ
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An assist
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A playing card with the rank of ten
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Ten dollars
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A thousand dollars
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A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
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Payment responsibility
โAre you traveling on the company's dime?โ
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A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
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A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
Synonyms
- 1
(with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
โSomebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.โ
- 2
To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
โI get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.โ
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