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dice
[dahys]
plural noun
singular
diesmall 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.
any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.
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)
to cut into small cubes.
to decorate with cubelike figures.
to lose by gambling with dice (often followed byaway ).
verb (used without object)
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.
dice
/ 岹ɪ /
plural noun
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
slangan 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 )
informal(tr) to abandon or reject
(tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes
Other 51Թ Forms
- dicer noun
- ˈ徱 noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dice1
Idioms and Phrases
no dice, of no use or help; ineffective.
Example Sentences
Could the latest proposal be the last roll of the dice?
One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.
For that reason, they are great in a sweet-savory salsa with diced tomatoes, onion, garlic, cilantro and fresh lime juice.
She then tosses the raw vegetables with a finely diced red onion, grated pecorino, red wine vinegar, olive oil and salt.
One by one, they roll the dice to begin their match, dealing and betting a collection of quarters.
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When To Use
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.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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