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dice

American  

[dahys] / daɪs /

plural noun

1. small cubes of plastic, ivory, bone, or wood, marked on each side with one to six spots, usually used in pairs in games of chance or in gambling.

2. poker dice.

3. any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.

4. any small cubes.

5. Auto Racing. a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.

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verb (used with object)

dices, present (3rd person singular) diced, past participle, past dicing present participle

1. to cut into small cubes.

2. to decorate with cubelike figures.

3. to lose by gambling with dice (often followed byaway ).

verb (used without object)

dices, present (3rd person singular) diced, past participle, past dicing present participle

1. to play at dice.

2. to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.

3. Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.

idioms

1. no dice, of no use or help; ineffective.

dice British  

/ daɪs /

plural noun

1. cubes of wood, plastic, etc, each of whose sides has a different number of spots (1 to 6), used in games of chance and in gambling to give random numbers

2. Also called: die.  (functioning as singular) one of these cubes

3. small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc

4. slang an expression of refusal or rejection

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verb

1. to cut (food, etc) into small cubes

2. (intr) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice

3. (intr) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death )

4. informal (tr) to abandon or reject

5. (tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes

dice More Idioms  

1. see load the dice; no deal (dice).

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Usage

Plural word for dice Dice is the plural form of the singular noun die, referring to a small cube of plastic, ivory, or other material, marked on each side with one to six spots. The more standard English plural form dies is used for other senses of the word die but not for the small cube. Dice derives directly from this irregular noun’s original pluralization in Middle English. Dice is sometimes treated as both a singular and plural form of die. The singular die is less commonly used.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• dicer
  noun

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has diced
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have diced
  perfect
• am dicing
  progressive 1st person singular
• is dicing
  progressive 3rd person singular
• has been dicing
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• are dicing
  progressive
• dicing
  participle
• have been dicing
  perfect progressive
• dices
  singular 3rd person

Past

• had diced
  perfect
• was dicing
  progressive singular
• had been dicing
  perfect progressive
• were dicing
  progressive plural
• diced
  simple
• diced
  participle

Future

• will dice
  simple
• will have diced
  perfect
• will have been dicing
  perfect progressive
• will be dicing
  progressive

Etymology

Origin of dice

1300–50; Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) < Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); see die ²

Explanation

Dice are what you roll when you're playing Yahtzee or Monopoly; they are two cubes marked with dots on each side that represent the numbers one through six. The noun dice is the plural form of the singular die. Although many people use the word dice when they're talking about a single die, it's actually only correct to call two or more of the dotted cubes dice. You can also use the word as a verb to mean "chop into tiny pieces or cubes." You might, for example, read a recipe instruction that says: "Dice three tomatoes."

Example Sentences

Zampella remained head of the studio and also led the L.A. branch of Swedish video game developer DICE, which was renamed in 2021 to Ripple Effect Studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

DICE, the digital ticketing company Marling used, is working on software that will enable friends to buy tickets to a livestream together and have their own private chat room at the show.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2020

Controversy aside, Battlefield V will undoubtedly feature what we’ve come to expect from developer DICE: visceral and high-fidelity combat in increasingly realistic representations of 20th-century Europe.

From The Verge • Sep. 5, 2018

Battlefield 1’s producer, EA DICE, takes pains to acknowledge the unrelenting bleakness of the war, presenting the game’s thinly drawn characters as average people caught up in tragic global events and left haunted by them.

From Slate • Nov. 30, 2016

DICE, Diamond, American ten-cent adventurer; friend of the messenger boys and embryo criminals.

From Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Gordon, Irwin Leslie