Dice vs Dime - What's the difference?
dice | dime |
(uncountable) Gaming with one or more dice.
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That which has been diced.
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To play dice.
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* 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 407:
To cut into small cubes.
To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
(US) A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.
(Canada) A coin worth one-tenth of a Canadian dollar.
(US, basketball) An assist
(slang) A playing card with the rank of ten
(slang) Ten dollars
(slang) A thousand dollars
(slang) A measurement of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten dollar bags.
(slang) Payment responsibility
(slang) A beautiful woman (10 from the 10-point scale)
To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.
As nouns the difference between dice and dime
is that dice is plural of lang=en while dime is a coin worth one-tenth of a dollar. The physical coin is smaller than a penny.As verbs the difference between dice and dime
is that dice is to play dice while dime is to inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously.As a proper noun Dime is
an Omotic language, spoken by fewer than 10,000 speakers in Ethiopia.dice
English
(wikipedia dice)Noun
(en-noun)- I, at any rate, am convinced that He is not playing at dice .
- (Original: Jedenfalls bin ich überzeugt, dass der Alte nicht würfelt. December 4, 1926. Albert Einstein. Born-Einstein Letters. Trans. Irene Born. New York: Walker and Company, 1971.)
- The gods may throw a dice / Their minds as cold as ice
- Cut onions, carrots and celery into medium dice .
Usage notes
* The game of dice' is singular. Thus in "'''Dice''' is a game played with ' dice ," the first occurrence is singular, the second occurrence is plural. * Otherwise, the singular usage is considered incorrect by many authorities. However, it should be noted that The New Oxford Dictionary of English'', Judy Pearsall, Patrick Hanks (1998) states that “In modern standard English, the singular die (rather than dice''') is uncommon. ' Dice is used for both the singular and the plural.” * Die is predominant among tabletop gamers.Quotations
* (English Citations of "dice")Derived terms
* dicey * no dice * percentile dice * roll the diceVerb
(dic)- I diced not above seven times a week.
- Tyrion found Timmett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.
Derived terms
* dice with deathdime
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- Are you traveling on the company's dime ?
- She's a dime piece.
Synonyms
* (coin) ten cent piece (Used in other countries with dollars and cents currencies) * (thousand dollars) grandDerived terms
* a dime's worth * dime bag * dime store * drop a dime * not worth a dime * stop on a dime * turn on a dime * * nickel and dime * dime a dozen * not worth a dime * *See also
* buck * dollar * mill * nickel * quarterReferences
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Etymology 2
From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.Verb
(dim)- Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.