dime
noun
- ten dollars.
- a 10-year prison sentence.
- dime bag.
Origin of dime
Related Words for dime
reveal, quarters, silver, copper, pennies, nickels, dimes, disclose, show, unmask, stool, evince, manifest, inform, tattle, spill, snitch, sing, uncover, tellExamples from the Web for dime
Contemporary Examples of dime
Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.
In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.
He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.
We've turned on the dime in terms of our expectation for them.
The first movie—3:10 to Yuma—starred Glenn Ford and came from a 1953 story that had appeared in Dime Western.
Historical Examples of dime
They were mostly Beadle's Dime Novels, which had a great sale at the time.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
I won't be back for dinner, so you can put in your time reading my Dime Novels.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Josie was offering him a dime; he accepted it without question.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
"The hell with you," Danny said to Mattup, and gave him a dime and a penny.
Goodbye, Dead Man!Tom W. Harris
Why do you stand there starin' at me as if I was some sort of dime show curiosity?
The Woman-HatersJoseph C. Lincoln