dime
IPA: dˈaɪm
noun
- (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.
- (Canada, US) A small amount of money.
- (US, Philippines, 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) A ten year prison sentence.
- (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.
- An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
verb
- (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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Examples of "dime" in Sentences
- The dime itself was of the normal color.
- That effectively ended the reign of the dime novel.
- Both the Roosevelt article and the dime article are featured.
- The money was to go to the March of Dimes charity to fight polio.
- The dime and dollar were the base units of denomination in silver.
- Every word in the novel plunks the tinkly piano keys of a dime novel.
- The broker and the electronic cash service will pocket a dime of that.
- The stores were generally of the dime store format located in downtowns.
- The article mentions how the coin is similar in worth to the current dime.
- The composition and diameter of the dime has changed throughout its mintage.
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