dime

noun

1. 1

   A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.

   The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down.

2. 2

   A small amount of money.

   She didn't spend a dime.

3. 3

   An assist.

4. 4

   slangA playing card with the rank of ten.

5. 5

   slangTen dollars.

6. 6

   slangA thousand dollars.

   At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000.

7. 7

   slangA measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.

8. 8

   slangA ten-year prison sentence.

   These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.

9. 9

   slangPayment responsibility.

   Are you traveling on the company's dime?

10. 10

    slangA beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).

    Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.

    Wait in line for drinks, it’s another time out / Made out on the floor with a couple dimes

11. 11

    A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

12. 12

    A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.

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verb

1. 1

   slangTo 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. 2

   slangTo 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.

Forms

plural

dimes

past tense

dimed

past participle

dimed

present participle

diming

third person singular

dimes