English Explanatory Dictionary

dime

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
  2. A small amount of money.
  3. An assist.
  4. A playing card with the rank of ten.
  5. Ten dollars.
  6. A thousand dollars.
  7. A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
  8. A ten-year prison sentence.
  9. Payment responsibility.
  10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
  11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
  12. A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
verb
  1. To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
  2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
name
  1. An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
name
  1. Acronym of Dark Internet Mail Environment.

Pronunciation

/daɪm/ En-au-dime.ogg

Word forms

dime dimes diming dimed

Etymology

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.

Synonyms

ten-cent piece grand dime piece drop a dime on someone dime out bewray blow the whistle clepe denounce dime dob drop a dime finger fink fizgig inform inform on grass on grass up lolly up name names nark peach rat on rat out roll on sing snitch snitch up squeak squeal tattle tell tell all tell on tell tales tip off turn in

Related words

buck dollar mill nickel quarter dim ⁠

Derived words

bet a dime to a dollar bet a dollar to a dime dime a dozen dimeback dime back dime bag dime-bag dime-dropper dime dropper dimeless dimelike dime museum dime novel dime novelist dime piece dime store dime's worth drop a dime five-and-dime five and dime half dime Mercury dime nickel-and-dime nickel and dime not worth a dime on a dime on someone's dime on someone's own dime Yankee dime
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