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- 1A small US coin worth ten cents, or one-tenth of a dollar.
Like one small coin that is worth the same as ten pennies.
I found a dime under the couch cushion.
She paid the extra cost with two dimes.
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- 3A ten-dollar bag of an illegal drug, usually marijuana.
He bought a dime from a guy behind the gas station.
A dime barely filled the corner of the bag.
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- 6A prison sentence of ten years.
The judge gave him a dime for the robbery.
He did a dime before getting out on parole.
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- 7In basketball, a pass that sets up a teammate to score.
Like passing a ball so well that your teammate only has to drop it in.
He threw a perfect dime to the open shooter.
She finished the night with twelve points and a dime.
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- 8In football, a defense that puts six defensive backs on the field.
The coach called a dime to stop the long pass.
They switched to a dime on third and long.
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- 9An amount equal to one thousand dollars.
He won a dime betting on the game.
The repair bill came to almost a dime.
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- 12In card games, a card with the rank of ten.
She played a dime to take the trick.
He was holding two dimes and a king.
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- 13In football, a long, accurate throw that the receiver catches.
Like throwing a ball so far and so well that it lands right in your friend's hands.
The quarterback threw a dime for the touchdown.
That dime traveled fifty yards into the receiver's hands.
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Origins
It came from an old French word meaning "one tenth" or "tithe," which came from Latin words for "tenth part."
It comes from putting a dime in a payphone to report a crime to the police, since US payphones cost 10 cents.