dime
/daɪm/
noun
- 1
A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- 2
A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- 3
A small amount of money
“She didn't spend a dime.”
- 4
An assist
- 5
A playing card with the rank of ten
- 6
Ten dollars
- 7
A thousand dollars
- 8
A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
- 9
Payment responsibility
“Are you traveling on the company's dime?”
- 10
A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale)
- 11
A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
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verb
- 1
(with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
“Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.”
- 2
To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
“I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.”
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