a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games
she anxiously rolled the dice, hoping to win the jackpot
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Recent Examples of dice
Noun
When a city as blue as Los Angeles would rather roll the dice on a television star than send another progressive to City Hall, the message is hard to misread.—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 4 June 2026 In a burst of primary color and trompe l’oeil trickery, five dice—red, yellow, blue, green, white—are suspended against a maroon field densely latticed with dice shapes, the cubes appearing simultaneously to lie stationary on its pip-stippled surface and to tumble downward through space.—James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Verb
Three Knights pitchers tried in vain as the Bruins diced up the diamond even though UCF walked UCLA and NCAA home-run leader Megan Grant three times.—Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 Slice them in half and scoop with a spoon, or peel and dice them.—Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dice
As lasers sliced through smoke billowing from the stage, frontman Tyrone Lindqvist's silky falsetto floated over a sea of festivalgoers stretching far, far, far beyond the soundboard.