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== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daɪm/ Rhymes: -aɪm === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== dime (plural dimes) (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents. Coordinate terms: quarter, nickel, penny (Canada, US) A small amount of money. (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten. (slang) Ten dollars. (slang) A thousand dollars. Synonym: grand (slang) A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags. (slang) A ten-year prison sentence. (slang) Payment responsibility. (US, slang) A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale). Synonym: dime piece (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback. (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch. ===== Synonyms ===== (coin): ten-cent piece (Used in other countries with dollar-and-cent currencies) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== buck dollar mill nickel quarter ==== References ==== Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN === Etymology 2 === From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s. ==== Verb ==== dime (third-person singular simple present dimes, present participle diming, simple past and past participle dimed) (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. Synonyms: drop a dime on someone, dime out; see also Thesaurus:rat out (US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level). ==== References ==== === Further reading === “dime n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “dime”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Demi, Diem, IMed, demi, demi-, idem, meid == Italian == === Noun === dime f plural of dima === Anagrams === IDEM, idem, medi == Ladino == === Verb === dime imperative singular of dezir with first-person singular pronoun attached: tell me. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɑɪ̯m/ === Noun === dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimene) a dime === References === “dime” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “dime” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English. Ultimately from Latin decimus (“tenth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɑɪ̯m/ === Noun === dime m (definite singular dimen, indefinite plural dimes, definite plural dimane) a dime === Anagrams === deim, demi- == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdime/ [ˈd̪i.me] Rhymes: -ime Syllabification: di‧me === Verb === dime second-person singular imperative of decir combined with me === See also === dinos diles