dime
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(Canada, US)A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- 2.
(Canada, US)A small amount of money.
She didn't spend a dime.
- 3.
(Philippines, US)(US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.
- 4.
(slang)A playing card with the rank of ten.
- 5.
(slang)Ten dollars.
- 6.
(slang)A thousand dollars.
Đồng nghĩa: grand
- 7.
(slang)A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags.
- 8.
(slang)A ten-year prison sentence.
- 9.
(slang)Payment responsibility.
Are you traveling on the company's dime?
- 10.
(US, slang)A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
Đồng nghĩa: dime piece
- 11.
(American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
- 12.
(Canadian)(American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(US, slang)(US, slang, 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.
Đồng nghĩa: drop a dime on someone, dime out, bewray, blow the whistle, clepe, denounce, dime, dime out, dob, drop a dime, drop a dime on someone, finger, fink, fizgig, inform, inform on, grass on, grass up, lolly up, name names, nark, peach, rat on, rat out, roll on, sing, snitch, snitch up, squeak, squeal, tattle, tell, tell all, tell on, tell tales, tip off, turn in
- 2.
(US, slang)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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From Middle English dime, from disme (one tenth, tithe) (modern dîme), from decima, from Latin decima]] (pars). decim decima decime.