dice roll

noun

Something unpredictable or unexpected.

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Meanings

noundice roll (plural dice rolls)

plural dice rolls

  1. idiomaticSomething unpredictable or unexpected.

    But Tsurigasaki Beach is no Teahupo’o in Tahiti – one of the world’s best breaks and the completely offshore venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and the decision to eschew recent advances in wave technology in favour of the ocean is something of a dice roll by the organisers.

    2021 July 24, Mike Hytner, “Surf’s up: a watershed moment for boarders at the Tokyo Games”, in The Guardian
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dice, roll.
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APA

dice roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20roll

MLA

“dice roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20roll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dice roll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dice%20roll.

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