Definitions for Dime
daɪmdime

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. dimenoun

   a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

2. dime bag, dimenoun

   street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dimenoun

   An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.

2. Etymology: 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.

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1. Dime

   Dime (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdime], "Tell me") is a song recorded by Spanish singer Beth. The song was written by Jesús María Pérez and Amaya Martínez. It is best known as the Spanish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, held in Riga.

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1. dime

   A dime is a denomination of United States currency worth ten cents. It is the smallest in diameter and the thinnest of all U.S. coin currently minted for circulation. The term can also metaphorically refer to something of small quantity or value.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dimenoun

   a silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar

2. Etymology: [F. dme tithe, OF. disme, fr. L. decimus the tenth, fr. decem ten. See Decimal.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dime

   The dime is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792. The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation. As of 2011, the dime coin cost 5.65 cents to produce.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dime

   dīm, n. the tenth part of an American dollar, 10 cents, nearly equal to 5d.—Dime museum, a cheap show; Dime novel, a cheap novel, usually sensational. [Fr., orig. disme, from L. decima (pars, a part, being understood), a tenth part.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dime

   a U.S. silver coin, worth the tenth part of a dollar, or about fivepence.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dime

   An American silver coin, in value the tenth of a dollar.

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1. dimenoun

   Ten dollar bag of marijuana. Due to price variations the price may actually be higher for the same bag.

2. dimenoun

   "To drop a bomb", to fink. The term has its origins in a scam perpetrated primarily by hotel bellhops, upon request, to gain information on hotel patrons. The scam is described in the short story "The Price of a Dime" by noted pulp writer Norbert Davis, originally published in the April 1934 issue of Black Mask. In the story, a woman has come to see private dick Ben Shaley for help with her brother, Bennie Petersen, a bellhop who has gotten himself into trouble with a film director named Van Bilbo. "Well, Bennie took some ginger ale up to a party on the seventh floor of the hotel. This party tipped him a dime. Bennie was coming down the hall to the elevator. He had the dime in his hand, and he was flipping it up in the air like George Raft does in movies. But Bennie dropped the dime on the floor. He was just leaning over to pick it up when Mr. Van Bilbo came out of the rooms and saw him, and now he's going to have Bennie arrested." Shaley leaned back in his chair. "So," he said quietly. "The old dropped dime gag. Bennie dropped a dime in front of a keyhole, and he was looking through the keyhole for the dime, when Van Bilbo caught him at it, huh?"

3. dimenoun

   A pretty woman; ten as in a rating on a woman's beauty. "Niggaz say you a 3 I think you a dime" -- D-12 (U R The One)

4. dimenoun

   Also known for shooting up as doing 10 mils in liquid.

5. dimenoun

   Slang for an assist in basketball, as in 'to drop a dime'. Origin is unknown, but it could possibly come from the fact that good shooters are a 'dime a dozen', while good passers are harder to find.

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1. DIME

   What does DIME stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DIME acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dime

   A ten-cent piece, from the French dixme, or dîme, tenth--i.e. of a dollar.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIME

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dime is ranked #148347 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dime surname appeared 111 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dime.
   
   56.7% or 63 total occurrences were White.
   17.1% or 19 total occurrences were Asian.
   16.2% or 18 total occurrences were Black.
   5.4% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Coin
   • Deck

Anagrams for Dime »

1. idem

2. demi

3. Demi

4. mide

5. diem

How to pronounce Dime?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Dime in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dime in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Dime in a Sentence

1. Jason Phillips:

   I have never seen anything like this in my entire life, the amount of people that are stepping up to help with a project where they aren't even getting a dime in return is unbelievable.

2. Fox News:

   Not a dime from PAC’s or corporations or special interests. It’s just people, primarily the people of Texas, who are making this possible.

3. Kristin Dziczek:

   You can't turn your supply chain on a dime.

4. Roger Federer:

   It's the first round of the hard court season for the next six plus months or so, i have things in mind to work on for the hard-court season. Number one, you have to be fit and tough, because you can stop on a dime and move the other direction, which on other surfaces is not so easy to do.

5. Arturo Sarukhan:

   Trump will not spend a dime of taxpayer money in any form or program for aid or support in Mexico.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Dime
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dime
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dime
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Dime
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Dime
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Dime
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Dime
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Dime
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html