Definition of "dime" in English

noun

1. (US, Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar.

2. (Canada, US) A small amount of money.

   • She didn't spend a dime.

3. (US, Philippines, basketball) An assist.

4. (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.

5. (slang) Ten dollars.

6. (slang) A thousand dollars.

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).

11. (American football) A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.

12. (American football, Canadian football) A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch.

verb

1. (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.

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.