dicing

US: (dī′sing)

From the verb dice: (⇒ conjugate)

dicing is: ⓘ

v pres p

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dic•ing  (dī′sing), n. 

1. Games gambling or playing with dice.
2. Clothing ornamentation, esp. of leather, with squares or diamonds.

• 1425–75; late Middle English; see dice, -ing¹

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dice /daɪs/   n.pl., sing. die, v., diced, dic•ing. 
n. 

1. Games small cubes, marked on each side with one to six spots, used in games or gambling:
   [plural] We rolled the dice and I had a ten.
2. Games any of various games, esp. gambling games, played by shaking and throwing such cubes:
   [uncountable] a game of dice.

v. [~ + object]

3. to cut into small cubes:
   Dice the vegetables.

Idioms

4. Idioms no dice:
   • of no use;
     ineffective:
     We tried to reach you, but it was no dice.
   • (used to answer "no'' to a request):
     "Could you lend me $500?'' —"Sorry, no dice!''

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dice  (dīs), n.pl., sing. die, v., diced, dic•ing. 
n. 

1. Games 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.
2. Games See poker dice. 
3. Games any of various games, esp. gambling games, played by shaking and throwing from two to six dice or poker dice onto a flat surface. Cf. craps.
4. any small cubes.
5. Sport [Auto Racing.] a jockeying for lead position between two or more drivers in which tactics are used to pass or keep from being passed.
6. Idioms no dice, [Informal.] of no use or help;
   ineffective.

v.t. 

7. to cut into small cubes.
8. to decorate with cubelike figures.
9. Games to lose by gambling with dice (often fol. by away).

v.i. 

10. to play at dice.
11. Games to cause or bring about by gambling with dice.
12. Sport [Auto Racing.] to duel with another car or cars in a dice.

• Old French de(i)z, dés (plural); see die²
• Middle English dees, dis, dyce (singular and plural), dyces (plural) 1300–50

dic′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

dice / daɪs/ noun:plural

1. 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
2. Also called: die (functioning as singular) one of these cubes
3. small cubes as of vegetables, chopped meat, etc
4. no dice ⇒ an expression of refusal or rejection

verb

1. to cut (food, etc) into small cubes
2. (intransitive) to gamble with or play at a game involving dice
3. (intransitive) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase dice with death)
4. (transitive) to abandon or reject

Etymology: 14th Century: plural of die²

ˈdicer noun