English Dictionary

dime

/daɪm/

verb

(US, slang, with "on") To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.

Can you dime me up?

意味（1）

(US, slang, with "on") 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.

意味（2）

(US, slang) 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.