- present participle of dice.
dicing
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dicing
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at dice, -ing 1
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In the first half, Chambliss led four scoring drives, dicing the LSU defense up with intermediate passes and connecting on deep bombs down the sidelines, as the Rebels built a 24-7 lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
On the way loans were being made by private credit, Mr Bailey said there was starting to be "what used to be called sort of slicing and dicing and tranching of loan structures".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
But that relationship breaks down when you’re counting only payroll workers, slicing and dicing the statistics into industry sectors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
This slicing and dicing of responsibility and accountability has not only failed to manage the space—it has affirmatively made matters worse, and it threatens to continue doing so if we don’t fix it.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2023
After I hung up, I tried to concentrate on dinner — dicing the chicken especially; I didn’t want to take another trip to the emergency room.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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