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 about 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

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How to use dice in a sentence

If there’s a special way that they want to think about how we slice and dice our business priorities, we will use that.
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Reduce the heat to medium, then add the diced onion and the cabbage to the pot.
This one-pot riff on stuffed cabbage has all the flavors of the classic — in half the time|Ellie Krieger|November 5, 2020|Washington Post
The board doubles as a storage case with locking closure that’s perfect for holding the six sets of wooden armies, 44 Risk cards, and five dice.
Classic board games that make great gifts|PopSci Commerce Team|September 30, 2020|Popular-Science
Duties include peeling, dicing, portioning, sorting, bagging and labeling.
Calendar: Aug. 21-27|Kaela Roeder|August 21, 2020|Washington Blade

If two dice have the exact same colors, they represent tiles that are in the exact same position in space.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem|Kevin Hartnett|August 19, 2020|Quanta Magazine
But jest before they left the house, I happened to look inside of the old boy's hat—he had a stiff dicer.
The Daughter of Anderson Crow|George Barr McCutcheon
He leaned forward, white and eager, waiting for the truth like a dicer for the final throw.
Dragon's blood|Henry Milner Rideout
At this moment a loud peal of laughter greeted the second dicer.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece|Bracebridge Hemyng
With the sandbox tilted in the air, like a dicer about to make his throw, he looked at the lad.
The Tavern Knight|Rafael Sabatini
I'd be lost in a place like that—me in a sack suit and round-top dicer!
Shorty McCabe|Sewell Ford

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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see load the dice; no deal (dice).

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