noun
dime
dym
noun
1
A US or Canadian coin worth ten cents.
"He fished a dime out of his pocket for the parking meter."
2
Informal: a small amount of money.
"It didn't cost me a dime to fix it myself."
3
Slang: a very attractive person, rated a perfect ten.
"Everyone at the party agreed she was a total dime."
verb
1
Slang: to inform on someone to the authorities.
"Someone dimed him out to the cops after the party got loud."
How to Use Dime
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly the ten-cent coin, though slang uses stretch it to mean small change, a perfect-looking person, or turning someone in to police.
Common pairings
nickel and dime
dime a dozen
dime someone out
Word Forms
dimed past tense, dimes plural, dimes singular
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Etymology
From Anglo-Norman "disme" ("a tenth, a tithe"), from Latin "decima (pars)", "tenth part".