plural dice
1
a
b
: a gambling game played with dice
2
plural also dices
: a small cubical piece (as of food)
3
: a close contest between two racing-car drivers for position during a race
diced; dicing
1
a
: to cut into small cubes
diced onions
b
: to ornament with square markings
diced leather
2
a
: to bring by playing dice
dice himself into debt
b
: to lose by dicing
dice her money away
1
: to play games with dice
dice for drinks in the bar—
Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry2
: to take a chance
the temptation to dice with death—Newsweek
Newsweek
dicer
noun
Examples of dice in a Sentence
Noun
In this game, each player rolls the dice to see who plays first.
They were shooting dice in one of the bar's back rooms.
Verb
Dice the potatoes and add them to the soup.
quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew
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Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Instead of rolling the dice on the games, bettors can go all in with these No Sweat Bets.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Lamar Jackson is dicing up Denver’s secondary today.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Many observers are confounded by voters’ willingness to roll the dice and reelect the intemperate Donald Trump as president.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Instead of rolling the dice on the games, bettors can go all in with these No Sweat Bets.
—Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
The company is heavy in the engineering and development department, which is key for slicing and dicing the data in different ways to open up opportunities beyond trailfinding.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Lamar Jackson is dicing up Denver’s secondary today.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Dice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dice. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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dice
2 of 2 verb
diced; dicing
1
: to cut into small cubes
diced carrots
2
: to play games with dice
dicer
noun
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