Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Involving or fraught with danger or risk.
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- adjective
Fraught withdanger . - adjective Of
uncertain ,risky outcome . - adjective Of
doubtful or uncertainefficacy ,provenance , etc.;dodgy . - adjective slang
Nauseating ,rank .
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- adjective of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And, speaking of copy centers, thanks for renting those storefronts in dicey neighborhoods.
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Left to right: Toby, my crewboss; Louie, fellow treeplanter formerly of the Hungarian Olympic rowing team and despite any rumours you may have heard of him pulling knives in dicey moments at the bar, a really lovely gentleman; C.C., fellow treeplanter among many other things, who claims to have never logged any of the trees he’s planted but who knows people who have.
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My sewing adventures are always a little dicey, which is why most of my fabric lies uncut and well out of harm's way.
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Apple recalls dicey batteries p2pnet.net News:- Apple has more bad news batteries.
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And, I used to live in Mexico City, in some allegedly "dicey" areas, but never gave crime a thought.
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And, I used to live in Mexico City, in some allegedly "dicey" areas, but never gave crime a thought.
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And, I used to live in Mexico City, in some allegedly "dicey" areas, but never gave crime a thought.
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I have definitely been to "dicey" in alpine river environments trying to get to that one hole you were pretty sure no one had fished (for good reason).
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And, I used to live in Mexico City, in some allegedly "dicey" areas, but never gave crime a thought.
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And, I used to live in Mexico City, in some allegedly "dicey" areas, but never gave crime a thought.
100001016886860 commented on the word dicey
Uncertain/ Sentence- His chances of living after the accident are dicey (Newbury House Dictionary)
September 25, 2010