dicer

Variant of dice

dice definition

dice (dīs)

plural noun sing. die or dice

  1. small cubes of bone, plastic, etc. marked on each side with a different number of spots (from one to six) and used, usually in pairs, in games of chance
  2. a gambling game played with dice
  3. any small cubes, as of food

Etymology: ME dis, pl.: see die

intransitive verb diced, dicing dic′·ing

to play or gamble with dice

transitive verb

  1. to lose by gambling with dice
  2. to cut (vegetables, etc.) into small cubes
  3. to mark with a pattern of cubes or squares; checker

Related Forms:

dice Idioms

no dice

Etymology: from a call in craps disallowing a throw

Informal
  1. no: used in refusing a request
  2. no success, luck, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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