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| backgammon |
a board game in which each of two opponents throws dice and tries to move several pieces clockwise around and eventually off the board. |
| chuck-a-luck |
a gambling game in which players bet on the possible values of three rolled dice. |
| cog2 |
to manipulate the throw of (dice) with the intention of cheating. |
| crap |
a losing dice throw in the game of craps. |
| craps |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) a game of dice in which a seven or eleven on the first throw wins, a two, three, or twelve loses, and any other first throw may win if it can be repeated before a seven. |
| cube1 |
(slang) one of a pair of dice. [1/5 definitions] |
| dice |
to play a game using dice. [1/4 definitions] |
| die2 |
sing. of dice. [1/3 definitions] |
| doublet |
(pl.) a throw of two dice in which the upper face of each has the same number of dots. [1/4 definitions] |
| ivory |
(informal; often pl.) something made of or resembling ivory, such as piano keys, dice, or a set of human teeth. [1/7 definitions] |
| loaded |
of dice, weighted so as to be fraudulent. [1/6 definitions] |
| pachisi |
a board game played in India that is similar to backgammon, but in which cowrie shells rather than dice determine the moves. [1/2 definitions] |
| Parcheesi |
trademark for a board game using dice to indicate moves, based on pachisi. |
| throw |
a roll of dice. [1/15 definitions] |
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