dicey
adjective
dic·ey
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dicier;
diciest
Definition of dicey
: risky, unpredictable
a dicey proposition dicey weather
Examples of dicey in a Sentence
Starting a business can be quite a dicey proposition.
The weather looks a little dicey this morning. I hope it doesn't rain.
Recent Examples on the Web
Shredding onion was dicey for little hands, but chopping potatoes, cooking lentils and sautéing spinach were fun tasks. — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, "Taste Off: The best cooking kits for kids," 26 Aug. 2019 Tears to Triumph Here’s where things start to get a bit dicey. — Caroline Tew, EW.com, "A guide to presidential candidate Marianne Williamson's books, from mild to wild," 1 Aug. 2019 Then, when things began to get a little dicey in the sixth and seventh, the A’s turned on the jets and went on to beat Baltimore 8-3 at the Coliseum to take the season series six games to one and to move three games over .500. — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, "Bassitt, Phegley help A’s beat Baltimore 8-3," 19 June 2019 Things get dicey because the South of Petty’s imagination endorsed rather blindly some of the most corrosive myths of American culture and history. — Michael Washburn, Longreads, "Tom Petty’s Problematic Album Southern Accents," 9 July 2019 For the whales that feed here, the future is dicey. — Christian Åslund, National Geographic, "Melting ice may be a boon for some Arctic whales—then a bust," 2 July 2019 Things got dicey late, thanks to another rough day for the bullpen. — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, "Cincinnati Reds hang on to beat Chicago Cubs 8-6, take series," 30 June 2019 But long-term prospects will be dicey until the waters recede. — Washington Post, "Rising waters in the Great Lakes puts endangered shorebird at greater risk," 17 June 2019 That’s followed by four acrobatic inversions, which were especially dicey when experienced in one of its floorless cars. — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, "Canada's Wonderland marathon: Riding all of the Toronto park's roller coasters in a day," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dicey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for dicey
dicey
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of dicey
informal
: involving a chance that something bad or unpleasant could happen
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