dicing

[ dahy-sing ]

noun

1. gambling or playing with dice. die.
2. ornamentation, especially of leather, with squares or diamonds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dicing¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; dice, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

But then in 2011 he weaponized comedy, slicing and dicing his political rivals in the same way a comedian deals with a heckler.

From The Daily Beast

In 2009, Pfeiffer told David Letterman on Late Night that she won them over by “slicing and dicing Al Pacino.”

From The Daily Beast

At his place gathered all the great of his day, spending hours dicing and drinking punch.

From Project Gutenberg

Two things Lord Welter was very fond of—brawling and dicing.

From Project Gutenberg

Wine and dicing and women: fine snares the devil sets with these.

From Project Gutenberg

At the foot of the inn signpost beggars squatted—here a leper whining monotonously, there lustier vagrants dicing for supper.

From Project Gutenberg

But Lavinia, it appeared, was going to watch the dicing at Richard's table: she vowed she should bring him monstrous good luck.

From Project Gutenberg