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Definition dime
Etymology 1
From French d�me (�one tenth, tithe�), from Latin decimus (�tenth�)
Noun
dime (plural dimes)
- (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money
- (US, basketball) An assist
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
- (slang) Ten dollars
- (slang) A thousand dollars
- (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
- (slang) Payment responsibility
- (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
- (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
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.
Verb
dime (third-person singular simple present dimes, present participle diming, simple past and past participle dimed)
- (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
- (US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
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