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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
/ »å²¹Éª²õ /
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
- ˈ»å¾±³¦±ð°ù, noun
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- »å¾±³¦î€½Ä°ù noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï 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
But rather than search Google for cafes near me, I threw all the dice, amped up the stakes and suggested we meet in the elegant lounge of the Culver Hotel in Culver City.
It’s kind of a roll of the dice.
Mix in some diced onions and bell peppers, and throw the mixture into an electric pot with a sausage link.
She was streetwise and brassy and physically striking, a small-time hustler and “dice girl†who lingered in casinos to induce men to drink and gamble.
Aguilar’s sister says he got his tattoo, of playing cards and dice, to cover up a scar on his forearm from an accident he had at age 16.
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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.Â
Dice derives directly from this ’s original pluralization in Middle English.Â
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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