dime

(Inglês)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/daɪm/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: dime

Cognato com francês: dîme

In summary

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.

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

decino

Zehncentstück

diezmo

δεκάρα

dîme

δέκα σεντς

moneta da 10 centesimi di dollaro

dubbeltje

dziesięciocentówka

الدايم

Frases

And up a dime .

E subir um centavo.