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What is Drop a dime?
Simply to call someone on a phone.
From when the cost of a pay phone was 10 cents, or a dime. You dropped a dime in the phone to make a call.
-Why are you so late?
I was in traffic.
-Pshh, why didn't you drop a dime and let me know!
Drop a dime - video
Drop a dime - what is it?
to throw a nice pass; in basketball terms, an assist
yo check it Bibby just dropped another dime to Vlade!
What does "Drop a dime" mean?
1. To snitch on another individual, usually to report an illegal act to law enforcement.
2. To unknowingly waste an exceptional amount of money on something.
Drop a dime (verb):
1. "I can't get bud anymore because some punk snitch dropped a dime on my only supply."
2. "Damn, you see Juan's '84 Accord with 22 dubs on it? He dropped a dime on that pos."
Drop a dime - what does it mean?
Drop a dime - meaning
To rat someone out. As in telling the police about a drug deal.
Imma drop a dime on these niggaz.
Drop a dime - definition
To narc somebody out, like Huggy Bear always does on Starsky and Hutch.
Huggy Bear's always dropping a dime, I can't believe he's still alive.
Drop a dime - slang
There were no suspects in the case until someone dropped a dime on the right person!
Drop a dime
the act of snitching, ratting, or otherwise disclosing information meant to hurt or discredit someone else. This a play on tips and selling someone out.
"Shit, Tino dropped the dime on me skippin class. Man, I'ma fuck that motherfucker up!"
Drop a dime
To snitch on someone. Often, to save their own ass. Comes from the old cost for a payphone call, ten cents.
"John got popped, so he dropped a dime on his supplier and they let him go."
Drop a dime
To inform on someone who committed an unacceptable or illegal act. Back in the day, phones in booths cost ten cents for a call. A caller would drop a dime into the coin slot to make a phone call to the police.
Watch out for that guy, or he’ll drop a dime on you. I heard he narked onJohn for holdin’ an eigth.