dimed
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of dime
Example Sentences
- "1998 January 6, Rory McQuillan, "Gear: Does anyone use tone controls on their guitar?", 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.""
- "1998 February 15, Milan Plechata, "Re: DIMED- N.J. Slang??", 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.""
- "2002 January 17, ryanm, "Re: Most appropriate Marshall guitar amp for studio", 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.""
- "2007 February 13, Jim, "Re: A question about amp volume.", 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).""
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: ed