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dice noun [ dʌɪs ]

• a small cube with each side having a different number of spots on it, ranging from one to six, thrown and used in gambling and other games involving chance.
• small cubes of food.
• "cut the meat into dice"

dice verb

• play or gamble with dice.
• "prohibitions on all dancing and dicing"
• cut (food or other matter) into small cubes.
• "dice the peppers"
• reject or abandon.
• "he'd better behave, or I'll dice him"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French des, plural of de (see die2).

dice with death

• take serious risks.

no dice

• used to refuse a request or indicate that there is no chance of success.

roll of the dice

• a risky attempt to do or achieve something.
"the merger was their last roll of the dice, and it failed miserably"



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