Dicey
adjective
Risky, uncertain, or unpredictable.
The weather is quite dicey. It might rain, and it might not.
Often appears as...
- dicey situation
- dicey weather
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Disapproving
adjective
Of doubtful quality or legality.
Those pills he's on are kind of dicey. I don't think they're all legal.
Often appears as...
- dicey operation
- dicey activities
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Colloquial, Disapproving
adjective
Risky, uncertain, or unpredictable.
The weather is quite dicey. It might rain, and it might not.
Often appears as...
- dicey situation
- dicey weather
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Of doubtful quality or legality.
Those pills he's on are kind of dicey. I don't think they're all legal.
Often appears as...
- dicey operation
- dicey activities
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Evaluating Risk
Use 'dicey' to discuss situations where the outcome is uncertain and could involve danger or loss.
The stock market's looking dicey this week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Dicey' may convey a sense of nervousness or anxiety about a situation or decision.
Choosing a path in the dicey fog made us anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Tone
While common in everyday conversation, 'dicey' is informal and might not suit formal writing.
Describing the business deal as 'dicey' was too casual.
Pro Tip 1/3Evaluating Risk
Use 'dicey' to discuss situations where the outcome is uncertain and could involve danger or loss.
The stock market's looking dicey this week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Dicey' may convey a sense of nervousness or anxiety about a situation or decision.
Choosing a path in the dicey fog made us anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Tone
While common in everyday conversation, 'dicey' is informal and might not suit formal writing.
Describing the business deal as 'dicey' was too casual.
Pro Tip 1/3Evaluating Risk
Use 'dicey' to discuss situations where the outcome is uncertain and could involve danger or loss.
The stock market's looking dicey this week.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Dicey' may convey a sense of nervousness or anxiety about a situation or decision.
Choosing a path in the dicey fog made us anxious.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Tone
While common in everyday conversation, 'dicey' is informal and might not suit formal writing.
Describing the business deal as 'dicey' was too casual.
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Mako and Tiger Sharks:...
a number of companies have sprung up. Ecotourism dive companies that will get you out there and get you in the company of tiger sharks, like we see right here. Sometimes it can get a little dicey, especially when you get multiple sharks coming around but, in my experiences out there
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Rediscovering Glen...
I hadn't really thought would be much of an issue that became a very big issue was the wing along many stretches of the lake there are just sheer sandstone walls rising straight out of the water and not really an easy place to get out of your boat if things get dicey out on
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Camping on Sea Ice with...
and throwing you in the mix here this sounds like a crazy story yeah it is peter so that day keeley had been camping with a whaling crew on sea ice of all places yeah this sounds really dicey oh totally i mean keeley is thrilled to be there but all sorts of things
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Warranted Aggression PIPE...
has a lock on the outside indicating that it's been closed from the outside I think he's out here with me the clutter offers plenty of places to hide with no backup trooper Mulvaney could be in for a dicey game of cat and mouse kind of eerie situation
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Man Down PIPE Ultimate...
danger but at the end of the day I think that we can take this route faster than any other route chosen by any other team snowshoes we know the drill plate roof up - uh-huh we're gonna be going over some dicey terrain there's danger of crevasse we're
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Ory Okolloh: The making...
because they supported siblings, cousins, you know, their parents, and things were always dicey. Now, when I was born, they realized they had a pretty smart kid, and they didn't want me to go to the neighborhood school, which was free.
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These Rare Giraffes Were...
iconic national park called Garamba National Park Garamba is a park that is run by dicey cm the Congolese government in association with African parks an organization that's responsible for the management of the park and the wildlife
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Capturing the Year in an...
those tiny slivers of time that document a revealing moment but the price of that obsession is that they can find themselves in some dicey situations there were embers like the size of golf balls falling from the sky so big kind
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404, the story of a page...
almost like a checklist for a sex therapist or a couple's counselor you sort of get down there to the bottom and things get really dicey but before before yes but these things are everywhere they're on sites big they're
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Renny Gleeson: 404, the...
You sort of get down there to the bottom and things get really dicey. Yes. But these things are everywhere. They're on sites big, they're on sites small.
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Mako and Tiger Sharks:...
a number of companies have sprung up. Ecotourism dive companies that will get you out there and get you in the company of tiger sharks, like we see right here. Sometimes it can get a little dicey, especially when you get multiple sharks coming around but, in my experiences out there
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
I hadn't really thought would be much of an issue that became a very big issue was the wing along many stretches of the lake there are just sheer sandstone walls rising straight out of the water and not really an easy place to get out of your boat if things get dicey out on
Video examples
Camping on Sea Ice with...
and throwing you in the mix here this sounds like a crazy story yeah it is peter so that day keeley had been camping with a whaling crew on sea ice of all places yeah this sounds really dicey oh totally i mean keeley is thrilled to be there but all sorts of things
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Warranted Aggression PIPE...
has a lock on the outside indicating that it's been closed from the outside I think he's out here with me the clutter offers plenty of places to hide with no backup trooper Mulvaney could be in for a dicey game of cat and mouse kind of eerie situation
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Man Down PIPE Ultimate...
danger but at the end of the day I think that we can take this route faster than any other route chosen by any other team snowshoes we know the drill plate roof up - uh-huh we're gonna be going over some dicey terrain there's danger of crevasse we're
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Ory Okolloh: The making...
because they supported siblings, cousins, you know, their parents, and things were always dicey. Now, when I was born, they realized they had a pretty smart kid, and they didn't want me to go to the neighborhood school, which was free.
Video examples
These Rare Giraffes Were...
iconic national park called Garamba National Park Garamba is a park that is run by dicey cm the Congolese government in association with African parks an organization that's responsible for the management of the park and the wildlife
Video examples
Capturing the Year in an...
those tiny slivers of time that document a revealing moment but the price of that obsession is that they can find themselves in some dicey situations there were embers like the size of golf balls falling from the sky so big kind
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404, the story of a page...
almost like a checklist for a sex therapist or a couple's counselor you sort of get down there to the bottom and things get really dicey but before before yes but these things are everywhere they're on sites big they're
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Renny Gleeson: 404, the...
You sort of get down there to the bottom and things get really dicey. Yes. But these things are everywhere. They're on sites big, they're on sites small.
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Nas
American Musician
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
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Brian France
American Businessman
I use Amy as a major sounding board for a lot of things that come up, and she understands the family dynamic and business dynamics better than people would think. She is a big support and voice of calm when things are a little bit dicey, like great wives can be. She does all of that.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
At a particularly dicey moment in my own love life when I was interviewing Rupert Murdoch a number of years ago, I tried to get some advice from him about, well, about anything a man with three wives, the latest the age of his children, might offer.
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William Moseley
English Actor
I used to love 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,' and I can still remember listening to them before I would fall asleep. I can remember the first ten minutes of the book perfectly, but whether I knew the rest of it was slightly more dicey.
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Su-chin Pak
South Korean Journalist
Every time I get caught on the subway around 3 or 4 during the school year, it's definitely dicey. I get a lot of like - 'Yo, are you that girl?' Then I have to go eight stops with them.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
I can usually find my own way out of whatever dicey literary or linguistic situations I wander into, but I have to work much harder at the science.
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Coy Bowles
American Musician
I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast.
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Doris Lessing
English Writer
Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.
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Cliff Chiang
American Artist
Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
Everything which is good in life is dicey, including pretty girls.
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Nas
American Musician
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those - those are growing pains. Even if you make mistakes, I go back to those things, my not-so-great moments because those are my truest moments; those are my human moments. I'm not even mad at the things I said that were a little dicey.
Quote examples
Brian France
American Businessman
I use Amy as a major sounding board for a lot of things that come up, and she understands the family dynamic and business dynamics better than people would think. She is a big support and voice of calm when things are a little bit dicey, like great wives can be. She does all of that.
Quote examples
Michael Wolff
American Author
At a particularly dicey moment in my own love life when I was interviewing Rupert Murdoch a number of years ago, I tried to get some advice from him about, well, about anything a man with three wives, the latest the age of his children, might offer.
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William Moseley
English Actor
I used to love 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe,' and I can still remember listening to them before I would fall asleep. I can remember the first ten minutes of the book perfectly, but whether I knew the rest of it was slightly more dicey.
Quote examples
Su-chin Pak
South Korean Journalist
Every time I get caught on the subway around 3 or 4 during the school year, it's definitely dicey. I get a lot of like - 'Yo, are you that girl?' Then I have to go eight stops with them.
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Kathryn Schulz
American Journalist
I can usually find my own way out of whatever dicey literary or linguistic situations I wander into, but I have to work much harder at the science.
Quote examples
Coy Bowles
American Musician
I learned real fast that you need to have a plan of action when changing diapers, or it can get dicey fast.
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Doris Lessing
English Writer
Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.
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Cliff Chiang
American Artist
Comics and music have historically had a pretty dicey relationship.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
Indian Businessman
Everything which is good in life is dicey, including pretty girls.
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