dime
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/daɪm/
English
Definitions
noun
- A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- A small amount of money“She didn't spend a dime.”
- An assist
verb
- (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.”
- 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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