dime
/daɪm/ · noun
Meaning
- A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.
- A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
- A small amount of money
- An assist
- A playing card with the rank of ten
- Ten dollars
- (with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
- To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
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