n. & v.
--n.pl.
1. a small cubes with faces bearing 1-6 spots used in games of chance. b (treated as sing.) one of these cubes (see DIE(2)).
2 a game played with one or more such cubes.
3 food cut into small cubes for cooking.
--v.
1. a intr. play dice. b intr. take great risks, gamble (dicing with death). c tr. (foll. by away) gamble away.
2 tr. cut (food) into small cubes.
3 tr. Austral. sl. reject; leave alone.
4 tr. chequer, mark with squares.
Phrases and idioms:
no dice sl. no success or prospect of it.
Derivatives:
dicer n. (in sense 1 of v.).
Etymology: pl. of DIE(2)