- dime (someone)
- vbAmericanto inform on someone, betray to the police. A back-formation from dime drop-per, used especially by prison inmates.
Contemporary slang . 2014.
dime (someone)
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nickel and dime someone — nickel and dime (someone) American, informal to charge someone small amounts of money for something, often as an extra payment. I hate being nickeled and dimed by hotels for local telephone calls they already charge you so much for the room … New idioms dictionary
nickel and dime someone (to death) — tv. o make numerous small monetary charges that add up to a substantial sum. □ Those waiters nickel and dimed me to death. □ Just give me the whole bill at one time. Don’t nickel and dime me for days on end … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Dime (slang) — Dime is a term with multiple slang meanings. Its formal etymology is Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo French disme, dime , from Latin decima , from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten. Its slang uses have been related to the… … Wikipedia
Dime Magazine — is an American basketball magazine that began circulation in 2001. Dime publishes six issues a year for its worldwide readership, as well as a handful of editions of Dime China, a Chinese language version consisting of regular Dime content… … Wikipedia
dime — chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime a tenth, tithe (late 14c.), from O.Fr. disme (Mod.Fr. dîme) a tenth part, from L. decima (pars) tenth (part), from decem ten (see TEN (Cf. ten)). The verb meaning to inform (on someone) is… … Etymology dictionary
Dime\ Bar! — Early 90s UK slang, said to someone slow on the uptake. Comes from a TV advert. Used in the same context as Duuuuh! or McFly! Hey, why are you wearing your coat? Are you going outside? Dime bar! … Dictionary of american slang
Dime\ Bar! — Early 90s UK slang, said to someone slow on the uptake. Comes from a TV advert. Used in the same context as Duuuuh! or McFly! Hey, why are you wearing your coat? Are you going outside? Dime bar! … Dictionary of american slang
nickel and dime — (someone) American, informal to charge someone small amounts of money for something, often as an extra payment. I hate being nickeled and dimed by hotels for local telephone calls they already charge you so much for the room … New idioms dictionary
Double Nickels on the Dime — Studio album by Minutemen Released July 1984 … Wikipedia
get off the dime — in. [for something or someone] to start moving. (To get off the dime that one stopped on in stop on a dime.) □ I wish this organization could get off the dime. □ If this project gets off the dime, we’ll be okay … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
