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Dime Common

Dime has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

"She fished out two dimes from her pocket to pay for the park admission."

2

street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

"He checked his pocket to make sure he had enough cash before buying another dime from the corner dealer."

3

A coin worth one-tenth of a U.S. dollar.

"She kept her change in a loose pile, consisting mostly of quarters and dimes."

Verb
1

To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

"The police were shocked when the witness decided to dime the gang leader despite their threats of silence."

Proper Noun
1

An Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.

"Anthropologists are working to document the Dime language before it becomes extinct due to its small number of speakers in southern Ethiopia."

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