dice
• noun (pl. same; sing. also die) a small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance. See also DIE2. • verb cut (food) into small cubes. — PHRASES dice with death take serious risks. no dice informal, chiefly N. Amer. used to indicate an unsuccessful attempt or request. — USAGE Historically, dice is the plural of die, but in modern standard English dice is used as both the singular and the plural. — ORIGIN Old French des, plural of de, from Latin datum ‘something given or played’.
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