Dime

  1. Proper noun.  An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.
  2. Noun.  (US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
  3. Noun.  (Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
  4. Noun.  (US, basketball) An assist.
  5. Noun.  (slang) A playing card with the rank of ten.
  6. Noun.  (slang) Ten dollars.
  7. Noun.  (slang) A thousand dollars.
  8. Noun.  (slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
  9. Noun.  (slang) A very small area.
  10. Noun.  (slang) Payment responsibility.
  11. Noun.  (slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale).
  12. Verb.  (US, slang) To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.