slice and dice

verb

To cut and chop to pieces.

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Meanings

verbslice and dice (third-person singular simple present slices and dices, present participle slicing and dicing, simple past and past participle sliced and diced)

present singular third person slices and dices · participle present slicing and dicing · participle past sliced and diced · past sliced and diced

  1. transitiveTo cut and chop to pieces.

    To slice and dice: Place the onion on a chopping board, and slice it in half lengthwise.

    2009, Ellen Brown, $3 Meals in Minutes […] , Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 23
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo rearrange or analyze in a number of different ways, often arbitrarily.

    To demonstrate how to create an OLAP report, here's a chance to slice and dice some data from a cube based on the Xtreme database and see what it can tell you.

    2011, Allen G. Taylor, Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 222

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cut and carve
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APA

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slice and dice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slice%20and%20dice.

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