dice

[ dahys ]

/ daɪs /

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plural noun, singular die.

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.

poker dice.

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

any small cubes.

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

verb (used with object), diced,dic·ing.

to cut into small cubes.

to decorate with cubelike figures.

to lose by gambling with dice (often followed by away).

verb (used without object), diced,dic·ing.

to play at dice.

to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.

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

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Idioms for dice

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

Origin of dice

1300–50; Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) <Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); see die²

OTHER WORDS FROM dice

dicer, noun

Words nearby dice

DiCaprio, dicarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid cycle, dicast, dicastery, dice, dice cup, dicentra, dicentric, dicephalous, dicey

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Example sentences from the Web for dice

So why are so many wealthy Florida business owners lining up to roll the dice?
Ganjapreneurs Line Up to Get Florida High|Abby Haglage|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, Obama, like Jon Stewart, uses jokes that slice and dice his targets by name.
The Daily Show President: Obama's Edgy Humor|Dean Obeidallah|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Healthy individuals had lucked out while their sick relatives simple ended up with a bad genetic roll of the dice.
The Genetic Heroes That Could Cure the Sick|Carrie Arnold|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We learning how to dice an onion into perfect, tiny cubes (the secret is not to remove the root when you peel the skin).
Thai Curry Therapy At London’s L’Atelier Des Chefs|Emma Woolf|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Dice had just finished a stand-up show in Westbury, and his manager phoned to tell him Woody Allen wanted a meeting.
Andrew Dice Clay on ‘Blue Jasmine,’ His Alleged Misogyny, and More|Marlow Stern|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I have adopted Schlegel's reading, which substitutes Dwapara for Kali, as possessing the dice.
Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems|Henry Hart Milman
Remove the bones; add boiled rice and the turkey meat cut into dice pieces.
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I also imagined that he played falsely at cards and cheated at dice; besides which he possessed many other bad qualities.
The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)|Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Or a fugitive fleeing from country to country, just as the dice fall.
The Golden Age in Transylvania|Mr Jkai
The rabbi counted out two hundred dollars, but before the Wildcat threw the dice the Mud Turtle beside him spoke up.
Lady Luck|Hugh Wiley

British Dictionary definitions for dice

dice

/ (daɪs) /

pl n

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

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

small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc

no dice slang, mainly US and Canadian an expression of refusal or rejection

verb

to cut (food, etc) into small cubes

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

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

(tr) Australian informal to abandon or reject

(tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes

Derived forms of dice

dicer, noun

Word Origin for dice

C14: plural of die ²

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dice

see load the dice; no deal (dice).

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plural noun, singular die.

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verb (used without object), diced,dic·ing.

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plural noun, singular die.

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