dime

Nghĩa

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).

Phát âm là (IPA)

/daɪm/

Từ nguyên

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

Câu

And up a dime .

Và lên một xu.