dice
noun /daɪs/
/daɪs/
(plural dice)
Idioms 
enlarge image(also die especially in North American English)[countable] a small cube of wood, plastic, etc., with a different number of spots on each of its sides, used in games of chance- a pair of dice
- to roll/throw/shake the dice
- You decide who’s going to start by throwing the dice.
- You move forward according to the number on the dice.
- (figurative) It was a last desperate throw of the dice to save his marriage.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loaded
- play
- roll
- throw
- …
- game
- on a/the dice
- a/the roll of the dice
- a/the throw of the dice
- [uncountable] a game played with dice
- We played dice all night.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French des, plural of de, from Latin datum ‘something given or played’, neuter past participle of dare.
Idioms
load the dice (against/in favour of somebody)
- to put somebody at an unfair disadvantage/advantage
- He has always felt that the dice were loaded against him in life.
- This is another attempt to load the dice in favour of employers.
no dice
- (especially North American English, informal) used to show that you refuse to do something, or that something cannot be done
- He wanted $400 for it, so no dice.
