Reverse Dictionary: DICE

ADJECTIVES
► ALL DAY in bar dice games involving up to three rolls: taking all three rolls to make the player’s hand → 1976 US sl.
► AWAY in bar dice games: counting for nothing → 1976 US sl.
► CANDY of dice: transparent → L19 US criminals’ sl.
► CHUCK-A-LUCK of dice: loaded → 1893 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DEAD of dice: weighted to have one face land up more often than the law of averages would predict → 1993 US sl.
► FALSE of dice: loaded so as to fall unfairly → 1551
► UNCOGGED of dice: not cogged or loaded → 1870

NOUNS
► ABYSSINIAN POLO a game of dice → 1920s US sl.
► ACE in dice games: a rolled one; the 1-spot on a die → 1960s US gambling sl.
► ACE-DEUCE 3, esp. in craps dice → 1920s African-American sl.
► ACROBATS loaded or unfairly bevelled dice → 1924 Amer. gambling sl.
► ADA FROM DECATUR in a game of dice: a roll of eight → 1918 US sl.
► ADA ROSS, THE STABLE HOSS in a game of dice: a roll of eight → 1918 US sl.
► AFRICAN DOMINOES dice; specifically the game of craps → 1919 Amer. dial.
► AFRICAN GOLF BALL a die, usually in plural → 1920s US sl.
► ALABAMA MARBLES dice → 1910s US sl.
► ALAMEDA in bar dice games: a roll that produces no points for the player → 1971 US sl.
► ANIMATED IVORIES dice → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► APARTMENT HOUSE in bar dice games: a roll from the cup in which some dice are stacked on top of others, invalidating the roll → 1977 US sl.
► ARMY MARBLES dice → 1963 US sl.
► ARMY ODDS in a dice game: the true odds, not approximate odds often used in street games → 1962 US sl.
► ARMY ROLL a controlled roll of the dice by a skilled cheat in a game of craps → 1963 US sl.
► ASS ENGLISH e body movements and incantations of a dice shooter who believes that he can control the roll of the dice → 1950 US sl.
► BABIES dice → 1974 US sl.
► BALE the set of dice for any special game, formerly usually three → 1481-90 obs.
► BAR a kind of false die, on which certain numbers are prevented from turning up → 1545 obs.
► BICCHED BONES opprobriously applied to dice → c1386
► BONES dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTOMS dice that have been marked to have two identical faces → 1962 US sl.
► BOUNCE SHOT in a dice game: a type of controlled shot by a skilled cheat → 1950 US sl.
► BROWNIES dice that have had their spots altered for cheating → 1950 US sl.
► BURNT MONEY a bet in a dice game lost because of a rule violation → 1997 US sl.
► BUSTERS misspotted dice → 1961 US gambling sl.
► BUST-OUTS fraudulent dice → 1952 US sl.
► BUTTER a person who cheats at dice → 1474 obs.
► CALIPERS dice that are true to an extremely minute tolerance, approximately 1/1000th of an inch → 1950 US sl.
► CHATTS dice → M19 sl.
► CHILDREN IN THE WOOD, THE the dice in the box → c1850 gambling sl.
► COGS dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► CONDOMINIUMS in bar dice games: a roll from the cup in which some dice are stacked on top of others, invalidating the roll → 1976 US sl.
► CUBE a die; one of a pair of dice; usually in the plural → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DALY ► DAYLY a die or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything, a cube → c1440 obs.
► DECATUR the point of 8 in craps dice → 1910s US gambling usage
► DEE a die (dice) → 1830 Eng. dial.  
► DEVIL’S BONES dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DEVIL’S TEETH dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► DISPATCHERS a form of false dice, on which the pips are arranged in wrong numbers; a ‘high dispatcher’ cannot throw less than 2, while a ‘low dispatcher’ cannot throw higher than 3 → L18 sl.
► DOG-CHANCE the lowest or losing throw at dice → 1625 obs.
► DOG’S THROW the lowest or losing throw at dice → 1834
► DOG-THROW the lowest or losing throw at dice → 1772
► DOWNHILLS dice that are loaded so as to roll a low number → 1662 sl.
► DUPLET the same number turning up on both the dice at a throw → 1671 obs.
► EDGE WORK the alteration of dice by rounding off the edges to affect the roll → 1950 US sl.
► FARGER a false die → L16 UK criminals’ sl.
► FLOP in a dice game: a roll of the dice → 1962 US sl.
► FORGERS crooked dice → L16 sl.
► FULHAMS dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► GAFFS crooked dice → 1940s US sl.
► GALLOPING BONES dice → 1920 US sl.
► GALLOPING DOMINOES dice → 1918 US sl.
► GENTLEMAN’S PALSY used allusively in reference to the shaking of the dice-box → 1608
► GOLFBALLS dice → 1962 US sl.
► GOURDS dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► HAZARDRY the playing at hazard; dicing, gambling → 1297 obs.
► HIGH MEN crooked dice that will always produce a high number → M16 sl.
► IVORIES dice → 1723 sl.
► JACKING OFF shaking dice with a movement that might be seen as resembling masturbation → 20C gambling sl.
► LITTLE ADA the point of 8 in craps dice → 1910s US gambling usage
► LOW MAN a dice fixed so as to turn up low numbers, usually through being loaded or improperly spotted; usually used in plural → 1555
► LOW MEN dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LOW RUNNER a dice fixed so as to turn up low numbers, usually through being loaded or improperly spotted; usually used in plural → 1670 obs.
► MEMPHIS DOMINOES dice → 1942 US jocular usage
► MISSISSIPPI MARBLES dice; the game of craps → 1920 US sl.
► MISSISSIPPI MULE dice, or the game of craps → 1920s US sl.
► NAP an instance of cheating while playing dice → 1698 sl. (Bk.)
► NIB a die → 1873 sl.
► NICK the winning throw at dice → 1708 sl.
► NINETY-DAYS in dice games: a roll of nine → 1909 US sl.
► PAD ROLL a controlled roll of the dice by a skilled cheat, best made on a blanket spread on the ground → 1950 US sl.
► PERCENTAGE DICE dice that have been altered to favour a certain roll → 1975 US sl.
► PHOEBE in dice games: a roll of five → 1945 US sl.
► PRAYER MEETING a game of dice, a crap game → 1940 US gang sl.
► QUATRE the number four; the four in dice → a1550 
► QUEER TATS false dice → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► RAFFLE a game of chance played with three dice, in which the winner was the person who threw the three all alike, or, if none did so, the one who threw the highest pair; also, the throwing of a doublet or triplet in this game → c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RATS AND MICE dice; gambling → 1929 rhyming sl.
► RATTLERS dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► SACK OF GARBAGE in bar dice games: a roll that produces no points for the player → 1971 US sl.
► SATAN’S BONES dice → E18 sl.
► SICE the number six marked upon dice; a throw in which the die turns up six → c1386
► SICE-ACE a throw with two dice turning up six and one → 1592
► SICE CINQUE a throw with two dice turning up six and five → c1386
► SINES two sixes in dicing → c1450 obs.
► SIR HUGH’S BONES dice, esp. as used in gambling → 1785 sl.
► SIXTY DAYS in dice games: a roll of six → 1962 US sl.
► SIZE-ACE a throw with two dice turning up six and one → 1592
► SIZE-POINT the six in dice → 1648 obs.
► SNAKE EYES a throw of two ones with a pair of dice → 1929 US sl.
► ST. HUGH’S BONES dice, esp. as used in gambling → 1825 sl.
► STABLE BOY’S FAVOURITE a controlled throw of dice onto a dirt surface → 1974 US sl.
► TALLMEN dice loaded so as to turn up high numbers → 1592 cant obs.
► TATS dice → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► TITTLE a pip on dice → 1538
► TOPS doctored dice used for cheating purposes → 1930s gambling sl.
► UPHILLS fixed dice that will always show high numbers → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► WEIGHTS loaded dice → 1977 US sl.
► WINNERS dice that haven been altered so as to roll numbers other than seven, useful to the shooter in craps → 1950 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BOX-KEEPER the keeper of the dice and box at a gaming table → 1680
► ELBOW-SHAKER a dice gambler → 1748 sl.
► GAMBLER a cheating card-player or dice-player → 1796 sl.
► HAMMER in bar dice games: the player who wins the change to play first → 1971 US sl.
► HASARDOUR ► HAZARDER  a gambler, gamester; a dice-player → c1390 obs.
► HIGH ROLLER an avid dice player → 1980 Amer. gambling sl. (Bk.)
► IVORY ROLLER a dice player → 2004 US sl.
► IVORY-TURNER a skilful dice player → 1825 sl.
► NEEDLE-POINT a card-sharp or dice cheat → 1725 US sl. (Bk.)
► OLD COLE a veteran dice cheat → 1552 UK criminals’ sl.
► PADROLLER a dice cheat → 1919 US criminals’ sl.
► TABLE-MEN dice-players → 1855 obs. (Bk.)
► TAME-CHEATER a card cheat; a professional card-sharper or false-dicer→ 1890 criminals’ sl. obs.
► TAT-MAN a crooked gambler who uses a tat to cheat in a dice game (tat – a crooked die, esp. one on which only the numbers four, fiver, and six appear) → 1928 US gambling sl.
► TATMONGER a crooked gambler, esp. one who cheats at dice → 1688 gambling sl. obs.
► TATOGEY ► TATTOGEY a sharper or cheat using loaded dice → 1688 gambling sl.
► TATSMAN a dice-player, or a sharper who cheats with dice → 1825 sl.
► TATTSMAN a professional dice shooter, either honest or dishonest → 1904 UK gambling sl. obs.
► THROWSTER a dice thrower; a gamester → 1832 obs.
► TIRLER OF SQUARE BONES a thrower of dice, a dicer → 1609 obs.
► TOPPER a cheat at dice-playing → 1671 obs.
► WORKMAN a dice cheat → 16C sl.

PHRASES
► ACES AWAY in bar dice games: rolls of one have no point value → 1976 US sl.

VERBS
► BAR THE DICE to declare the throw void → 1673 obs.
► BLITZ in bar dice games: to bet the total amount of the pot → 1971 US sl.
► BURN in private dice games: to stop the dice while rolling, either as a superstition or to check for cheating → 1950 US sl.
► CACKLE as part of a controlled roll of dice: to give them the appearance and sound of being shaken while actually perverting their turning → 1963 US sl.
► CLACK to rattle the dice when switching altered dice in or out of a game; always inadvertent and usually disastrous to the cheat → 1950 US sl.
► FADE in dice games: to bet against the player holding the dice → 1890 gambling sl.
► FLOP in bar dice games: to shake the dice in the dice cup and then roll them onto a surface → 1971 US sl.
► GAFF to gamble with cards, dice, etc. → 1812 sl.
► GATE in private dice games: to stop the dice while rolling, either as a superstition or to check for cheating → 1963 US sl.
► HOCUS in gambling: to make dice crooked → 1940s US gambling sl.
► KILL in bar dice games: to declare that a formerly wild point is no longer wild → 1976 US sl.
► LOAD to alter dice; to weight dice to score a certain point → 1922 US sl.
► MAKE A BLUE WITH A RAT to cause a die to hit an obstruction → c1920 Aust. gamblers’ sl.
► MYCE to cut into small pieces, to dice food, ingredients → 1381 obs.
► NAB to cheat with dice → 1678 sl.
► NAB A COG to cheat at dice → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NAP ► NAP ON to cheat at dice → 1648 UK criminals’ sl.
► NICK 1. to gamble with dice → 1611
2. to score at dice → c1696 sl.
► PALM to conceal in the palm of the hand, as in cheating at cards or dice, or in juggling → 1673
► PUT THE EARS ON to attempt a controlled roll of the dice → 1963 US sl.
► RAFFLE to cast dice, draw lots, etc. for something → a1680
► RASSLE to play a game of bar dice → 1971 US sl.
► RATTLE THE IVORIES to throw dice → 1830 UK sl.
► SHAKE ONE’S ELBOW to gamble with dice → 1623
► TOUCH IVORY to play at dice → 1864 sl.
► VAP to snap your fingers, when throwing dice → 1965 Barbados sl.
► WRESTLE to play a game of bar dice → 1971 US sl.