From en.wiktionary.org:
[díme]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en] (modern [fr]), from [en], from [en].[1] [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar .
2. * [en]
3. [en] A small amount of money.
4. [en] An assist .
5. [en] A playing card with the rank of ten.
6. [en] Ten dollars.
7. [en] A thousand dollars.
8. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2007 | month=05 | author=Ted McClelland | title=Horseplayers: Life at the Track | publisher=Chicago Review Press | isbn=9781556526756
|text=At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he
dropped a DIME—$1,000.}}
1. [en] A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana ) sold in ten-dollar bags.
2. [en] A ten-year prison sentence .
3. * [en]
4. [en] Payment responsibility.
5. [en] A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale).
6. * [en]
7. * [en]
8. [en] A defensive formation with six defensive back s, one of whom is a dimeback .
***** Synonyms
- [coin] ten - cent piece [Used in other countries with dollar-and-cent currencies]
***** Derived terms
{{col|en|dimeless|dimelike|do a dime |dime's worth|dime a dozen|dimeback|dime
bag|dime novel|dime store|drop a dime|five-and-dime|nickel and dime|not worth
a dime|on a dime|on someone's dime |bet a dime to a dollar|bet a dollar to a
dime|dime back|dime dropper|dime museum|dime piece|dime-bag|dime-dropper|five
and dime|half dime|Mercury dime|nickel-and-dime|on someone's own dime|Yankee
dime|dime novelist}}
***** Translations
[a coin worth one-tenth of a dollar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it]
- Malay: [ms] [Kedah, Kelantan, Penang]
- Navajo: [nv]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sranan Tongo: [srn]
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**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
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**** References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) _The Official Dictionary of Poker (see http://www.poker1.com/mcu/pokerdictionary/mculib_dictionary_info.asp) ._ MGI/Mike Caro University. [978-1880069523]
*** Etymology 2
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.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To inform on , to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously .
2. [en] To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level).
**** References
References:
[1]. [pos=n]
*** Further reading
- [id=eps5gly]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Italian
*** Noun
[it]
1. [it]
*** Anagrams
- [it]
** Ladino
*** Verb
[lad]
1. [lad] _with first-person singular pronoun attached_ : tell me.
2. * {{ quote-journal
|lad |journal=Aki Yerushalayim |issue=1 |year=1979 |author=Kamelia Shahar
|title=La verdadera felisidad |passage=Eliau Anavi ke lo estava mirando
d'enfrente se aserko de el i le disho: DIME ombre, deke estas de negra umor ?
|translation=The prophet Elijah, who was watching him from in front,
approached him and said: TELL ME, man, why are you in a bad mood?}}
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nb]. Ultimately from [nb].
*** Pronunciation
- [nb]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a [en]
*** References
- [R:BD]
- [R:NAOB]
[nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [nn]. Ultimately from [nn].
*** Pronunciation
- [nn] [nn-pronu-note]
*** Noun
[m]
1. a [en]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
[nn]
** Spanish
*** Verb
[es]
1. [decir]
*** See also
- [es]
- [es]