| 单词 | to dime on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto dime on transitive. U.S. slang. To inform on (a person) to the police. Also to dime on. Cf. to drop a dime at drop v. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 37 He wanted it badly enough to take the chance of being dimed on by some punk. 1990 J. Wambaugh Golden Orange xvi. 214 I hope I can persuade Starkey to dime the old man. I'd like to make a case the D.A.'d have to prosecute. 2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 296 Even if someone out there dimed Mitch, you don't send in a hit man like Matos. < as lemmas |
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