English Explanatory Dictionary

coin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
  2. A token used in a special establishment like a casino.
  3. That which serves for payment or recompense.
  4. Something in broad circulation or use.
  5. Money in general, not limited to coins.
  6. One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.
  7. A corner or external angle.
  8. A small circular slice of food.
  9. Ellipsis of cryptocoin; a cryptocurrency.
verb
  1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal.
  2. To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).
  3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of counterinsurgency.
name
  1. A city in Iowa, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A surname from French.
  3. A surname from Irish.; Alternative form of Coyne.

Pronunciation

/ˈkoɪ̯n/ /ˈkɔɪ̯n/ en-us-coin.ogg /ˈkwaɪn/ /ˈkɒɪ̯n/

Word forms

coin coins coining coined

Etymology

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta.

Synonyms

chip money ackers bees and honey blunt bones brass bread bread and honey Bugs Bunny cake cheddar cheese ching clams coin cream currency dinero dosh dough feds fedi finances flizz flow funding funds gravy gwop gwolla jack legal tender lolly lovely jubbly mazuma means moola mozzarella muck oof ooftish paper rhino scratch scrilla shrapnel simoleons smackers smackeroos smackeroonies spend spondulicks swag wampum wonga yenom wedge quoin mint

Derived words

altcoin bitcoin bright as a new coin centicoin challenge coin coinage coinbase coin belt coinbox coin cell coin die coin dispenser Coingate coin-in-the-slot coin ladder coin laundry coinless coinlike coinmaker coinmaking coin of the realm coin-operated coin-op laundry coin purse coin pusher coin slot coinsmith coin-sword coin toss coin-tosser coin walk coin weight coiny cryptocoin decicoin dogecoin euro coin fair coin flip of the coin geocoin gold coin golden coin turtle good coin initial coin offering king's coin Maundy coin memecoin millicoin nocoiner obsidional coin on the toss of a coin other side of the coin pay back in someone's own coin privacy coin pro-coin sandwich coin scamcoin shitcoin stablecoin standard coin
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