dime
/daɪm/ verb C2- To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. · Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
- To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level). · I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.
He/she/it dimes · Past dimed · Past participle dimed · -ing form diming
Verb forms
- Base form
- dime
- He/she/it
- dimes
- Past
- dimed
- Past participle
- dimed
- -ing form
- diming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
She would have thought it rather sacrilegious to leave it off--as bad as forgetting her Bible or her collection dime.
“I seem to have walked right into the thick of a dime novel,” said our visitor.
Today, the Bluenose proudly sails on the back of every Canadian dime.
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