dime
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Is dime a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of dime?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.Examples: "The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down."Synonyms: ten-cent pieceCanadaUS
2. (Canada, US) A small amount of money.Examples: "She didn't spend a dime."CanadaUS
3. (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.PhilippinesUS
4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.slang
5. (slang) Ten dollars.slang
6. (slang) A thousand dollars.Examples: "At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000."Synonyms: grandslang
verb (English)
1. (US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.Examples: "Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana."Synonyms: drop a dime on someone, dime out, bewray, blow the whistle, clepe, denounce, dime, dobUSslang
2. (US, slang) To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).Examples: "I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed."USslang
name (English)
1. (Internet) Acronym of Dark Internet Mail Environment.Internetabbreviationacronymalt-of
Definition source: Wiktionary