Definition of Yankee dime

Yankee dime

noun

• rural US slang for a kiss. Compare with Yankee nickel.

  I gave my girlfriend a Yankee dime.

  • See more words with the same meaning: kissing, make out.

  Last edited on Jun 30 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 30 2011.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'kissing, make out':
muah	Definitions include: onomatopoeia for a kiss.
french	Definitions include: to kiss with an open mouth, usually placing one's tongue in the other person's mouth.
mack	Definitions include: See also mack on.
make out	Definitions include: to "French kiss" (i.e. kiss with tongue contact) for a period of time.
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
shift	Definitions include: to kiss a person with tongue-on-tongue contact; "French kiss"; "snog"; "make out".
Yankee nickel	Definitions include: rural US slang for a kiss.
plant one on	Definitions include: to kiss.
kissy face	Definitions include: the general shape of a face when kissing someone.
zoom-in	Definitions include: an unexpected and usually undesirable kiss.
get to 1st base	Definitions include: to kiss, make out.
tongue	Definitions include: to French kiss.
NCMO	Definitions include: acronym for "non-committal make out" or - far more rarely - "non-committed make out".
snog	Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out".
scam	Definitions include: to kiss passionately; "make out".
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'dime':
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
dime	Definitions include: a very attractive person; "a perfect ten".
dime bag	Definitions include: $10 of an illegal drug.
dime off	Definitions include: to rat on someone
dime piece	Definitions include: an attractive female; "a 10".
drop a dime	Definitions include: to inform the authorities (e.g. police) that someone was involved in a crime.
nickel-and-dime	Definitions include: to impoverish someone through small expenses.
too much sugar for a dime	Definitions include: To try to take advantage of or take for granted.
Other terms relating to 'yankee':
tango yankee	Definitions include: thank you.
Yankee	Definitions include: Southern phrase meaning Northerner.
Yankee nickel	Definitions include: rural US slang for a kiss.

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