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drop a nickel

drop a nickel is the alternative form of drop a dime.

Meaning of drop a dime

Verb

drop a dime (third-person singular simple present drops a dime, present participle dropping a dime, simple past and past participle dropped a dime)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To make a telephone call.
  2. (slang, with-on) To inform, to call the authorities (on).
    • Near-synonyms: give [someone] up, give [someone] away; spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag

Forms of drop a nickel

third-person singular presentdrops a nickel
present participledropping a nickel
past participledropped a nickel
pastdropped a nickel

Questions about drop a nickel

What is drop a nickel the alternative form of?
Drop a nickel is the alternative form of drop a dime.

Words near drop a nickel in the dictionary

  1. drop a dime
  2. drop a dime on someone
  3. drop a hint
  4. drop a load
  5. drop a log
  6. drop a nickel
  7. drop acid
  8. drop acid, not bombs
  9. drop anchor
  10. drop astern
  11. drop at comb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drop a nickel (page history and authors); drop a dime (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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