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dice
[ dahys ]
plural noun
- 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.
- 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)
- to cut into small cubes.
- to decorate with cubelike figures.
- to lose by gambling with dice (often followed by away ).
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
/ daɪs /
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 calleddie functioning as singular one of these cubes
- small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc
- no dice slang.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 )
- informal.tr to abandon or reject
- tr to decorate or mark with dicelike shapes
Derived Forms
- ˈdicer, noun
Other Words From
- dicer noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dice1
Idioms and Phrases
- no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
More idioms and phrases containing dice
see load the dice ; no deal (dice) .Example Sentences
To break out of the rut needs a roll of the dice and Holly-Anne says "we were a real risk".
Still, if you're going to take a chance there's perhaps no more fitting place on earth than Las Vegas to roll the dice.
Philadelphia is the first place in our nation and we’ve been reduced to the purveyors of diced meats on rolls as, like, our touchstone,” he continued.
But in the age of DOGE, where Elon Musk is given free rein by President Trump to slice and dice the federal budget, Carr’s focus feels more urgent.
Trying to call this is a bit like a game I used to play with my kids, poker dice, where you roll five dice and it is completely random what you end up with.
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What Is The Plural Of Dice?
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.
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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