dime

Meaning

Noun

1. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.
2. A small amount of money.
3. An assist.
4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
5. (slang) Ten dollars.
6. (slang) A thousand dollars.
7. (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
8. (slang) A ten year prison sentence.
9. (slang) Payment responsibility.
10. (slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

Verb

1. (slang) To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
2. (slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).

Synonyms

dime bag

angle

butt

copper

corner

damn

deck

dense

dim-witted

down

dull

dumb

feather

🪶

fur

hair

period

sou

stupid

thick

ten-cent piece

dead from the neck up

short bit

deem

Dima

molly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/daɪm/

Etymology

From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of decime.

Sentences

And up a dime .