Dined vs Dimed - What's the difference?
dined | dimed |
(dine)
to eat; to eat dinner or supper
(obsolete) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
(obsolete) To dine upon; to have to eat.
(slang) (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the loudest).
* 1998 January 6, Rory McQuillan, "Gear: Does anyone use tone controls on their guitar?",
* 1998 February 15, Milan Plechata, "Re: DIMED- N.J. Slang??",
* 2002 January 17, ryanm, "Re: Most appropriate Marshall guitar amp for studio",
* 2007 February 13, Jim, "Re: A question about amp volume.",
(dime)
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As verbs the difference between dined and dimed
is that dined is past tense of dine while dimed is past tense of dime.As an adjective dimed is
of an electric guitar or its amplifier At volume setting 10 (the loudest).dined
English
Verb
(head)dine
English
Verb
(din)- A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. — Sir Walter Scott.
- What wol ye dine ? — Chaucer.
Anagrams
* ----dimed
English
Etymology 1
Presumably from .Adjective
(-)bit.listserv.blues-l, Usenet , - "I asked […] how they adjusted the tone controls on their guitars. They both told me the same thing, that they dimed 'em and adjusted their tone at the amp."
alt.guitar, Usenet , - "Using dimed to mean at ten or full volume is pretty common here in South Carolina, too. I've been hearing it for years, now."
rec.audio.pro, Usenet , - "The only way you're going to get the 'dimed' marshal plexi' sound is with a ' dimed marshall plexi. It's gotta be non-master, though, and you have to put all the knobs on 10."
alt.guitar, Usenet , - "Tell us why many amps will give a warmer, smoother tone with preamp volume dimed and guitar volume down (as compared to guitar on 10, then turning up the amp)."
