dice
Americanplural noun
singular
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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.
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any of various games, especially gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface.
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any small cubes.
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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)
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to cut into small cubes.
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to decorate with cubelike figures.
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to lose by gambling with dice (often followed byaway ).
verb (used without object)
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to play at dice.
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to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.
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Auto Racing. to duel with another car or cars in a dice.
idioms
plural noun
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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
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Also called: die. (functioning as singular) one of these cubes
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small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc
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slang an expression of refusal or rejection
verb
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to cut (food, etc) into small cubes
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(intr) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice
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(intr) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death )
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informal (tr) to abandon or reject
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(tr) to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes
Usage
Plural word for dice 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.
Other Word Forms
- dicer noun
Etymology
Origin of dice
1300–50; Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) < Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); die 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Does he roll the dice one last time, try to summon the energy and commitment to go again after what will doubtless be a very trying year?
From BBC
When the first is completed in 2027, it will take chip wafers from TSMC, dice them into individual chips and add connectors so the chips can be plugged into devices.
Both men had lost to Anthony Cacace since their first fight, raising the stakes for what felt like a last roll of the dice.
From BBC
In addition to French green lentils, you’ll need a medium yellow onion, carrots, garlic, bay leaf, vegetable broth, diced cooked ham, olive oil, cracked black pepper, sea salt and za’atar.
From Salon
“You roll the dice,” said Melissa Newman, a veteran cruise traveler turned cruise influencer.
From MarketWatch
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