Etymology

dimed

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Today it means: (of an electric guitar or its amplifier) At volume setting 10 (the loudest). Full definition →

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dimed · adjective1

Presumably from dime (“the U.S. ten-cent coin”) + -ed.

dimed · verb2

From the verb dime.

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