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dime

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/daɪm/ English

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noun

  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
  2. A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
  3. A small amount of money“She didn't spend a dime.”
  4. An assist

verb

  1. (with "on") To 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. To 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.”

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