Definition of dime
dime 
noun
- a very attractive person; "a perfect ten". Frequently, attractiveness is rated on "a scale of 1 to 10." In the United States, a dime is worth 10 cents. Hence, a "dime" is one whose attractiveness rates 10 on the scale. Also dime piece.
He's a perfect dime.
He's a dime piece.
- See more words with the same meaning: attractive person (either gender).
- See more words with the same meaning: woman, women, female.
Originally submitted by Jenna M. from WI, USA on Nov 09 1998. (Edit this definition.)
- ten dollar's worth of drugs.
Can I get a dime bag?
- See more words with the same meaning: drugs.
Originally submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Feb 01 2003. (Edit this definition.)
- ten dollars.
It's gonna cost ya a dime.
- See more words with the same meaning: money.
Originally submitted by Joshua S. from Newport, KY 41071, USA on Feb 01 2003. (Edit this definition.)
- an assist, in basketball.
- See more words with the same meaning: sports (related to).
Originally submitted by Samantha J. on Nov 26 2004. (Edit this definition.)
- a diamond.
- See more words with the same meaning: jewelry (related to).
Originally submitted by Christina S. from New York, NY, USA on Jan 05 2009. (Edit this definition.)
- a very attractive woman - worthy of a diamond. (From the sense of "dime" meaning "diamond.")
- See more words with the same meaning: attractive female.
Originally submitted by Christina S. from New York, NY, USA on Jan 05 2009. (Edit this definition.)
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Slang terms with the same root words
- dime
- a dime a dozen - very common.
- dime bag - $10 of an illegal drug.
- dime off - to rat on someone
- dime piece - an attractive female; "10".
- drop a dime - to inform the authorities (e.g. police) that someone was involved in a crime.
- nickel-and-dime - to impoverish someone through small expenses.
- Yankee dime - rural US slang for a kiss.
Slang terms with the same meaning
- attractive person (either gender)
- 10 - Definitions include: a very attractive person.
- 11 - Definitions include: an extremely attractive person.
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- banger - Definitions include: a person who one wants to bang (i.e. have sex with.)
- biscuit - Definitions include: a gun.
- blaze - Definitions include: an extremely attractive person.
- buffting - Definitions include: An attractive male/female, London slang. Derived from buff (beautiful) ting (thing)
- burger - Definitions include: "cool"; "awesome".
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- sports (related to)
- 1080 - Definitions include: in sports, the turning around of 3 times while in the air.
- 3rd base - Definitions include: see get to 3rd base.
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- aggro - Definitions include: wild almost to the point of losing control, but effective.
- anabolics - Definitions include: anabolic steroids.
- b-ball - Definitions include: basketball.
- ball - Definitions include: a great time.
- baller - Definitions include: very "cool" or stylish.
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- drugs
- 420 - Definitions include: See also the slang words 4/20 (a date) and 4:20 (a time).
- A-1 - Definitions include: the best.
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- acid - Definitions include: the hallucinogenic LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).
- angel dust - Definitions include: PCP
- angel tears - Definitions include: the psychedelic drug LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide).
- ball - Definitions include: a great time.
- Baltic tea - Definitions include: a drink of cocaine dissolved in vodka
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- money
- ace - Definitions include: great, excellent.
- ass-dough - Definitions include: is where you get money for sittin' on your ass.
- bank - Definitions include: a great deal of money.
- Benjamin - Definitions include: money in general.
- bill - Definitions include: one hundred dollars.
- bling bling - Definitions include: high class.
- bone - Definitions include: completely, in the expression "bone dry".
- bread - Definitions include: under the influence of marijuana; STONED.
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- woman, women, female
- Amazon - Definitions include: A tall , model like girl .
- astronaut's wife - Definitions include: A good looking older woman who by appearance and style suggests she leads a pampered lifestyle.
- Aunt Jemima - Definitions include: a female with small breasts.
- aviation blonde - Definitions include: a girl who has dyed her hair blonde.
- b - Definitions include: woman.
- babe - Definitions include: an attractive woman.
- bad kitty - Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal.
- bag - Definitions include: The "one's thing" meaning was re-popularized by the Austin Powers movies.
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- attractive female
- astronaut's wife - Definitions include: A good looking older woman who by appearance and style suggests she leads a pampered lifestyle.
- babe - Definitions include: an attractive woman.
- bad kitty - Definitions include: an evil young woman with conspicuous sex appeal.
- BBW - Definitions include: acronym for "big beautiful woman".
- Benjamin - Definitions include: money in general.
- Betty - Definitions include: an attractive female; "hottie".
- bird - Definitions include: a female, usually attractive. Origin: British.
- booth babe - Definitions include: an (often attractive) female ("babe") hired to represent companies at trade fairs.
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- jewelry (related to)
- bling bling - Definitions include: high class.
- boob - Definitions include: a breast.
- E-bling - Definitions include: An aggregate grouping or series of stylized printings, fonts, icons, emoticons, avatars, proverbs, etc., usually found at the end of an e-mail message uniquely identifying and personifying the sender.
- front - Definitions include: a cover-up, disguise, deception.
- grill - Definitions include: teeth.
- ice - Definitions include: diamond-containing jewelry.
- ice out - Definitions include: when used in the past tense ("iced out,") it means wearing ice (diamonds or other jewelry) or having ice attached to something.
- kandi - Definitions include: a spelling variant of candy, i.e. colorful (usually plastic) jewelry worn by ravers.
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