dicing

present participle of dice
as in chopping
to cut into small pieces quickly diced some peppers and onions and threw them into the stew

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Recent Examples of dicing Flacco, on his 10th day as a Bengal, passed for 342 yards, three touchdowns and led a game-winning field goal drive, dicing up the Steelers defense and outdueling Aaron Rodgers in a shootout, 33-31. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Nix looked every bit the same guy who torched the Eagles in the fourth quarter last week, dicing up the Jets for 112 first-quarter yards and a beautiful end-of-quarter drive. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 Rather than efficiently dicing and slicing your produce, a dull knife actually requires more force, which can cause you or someone else in your household to get hurt. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025 Reduce your time cutting and dicing veggies for dinner, and use this nifty vegetable chopper with over 88,000 five-star ratings instead. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dicing
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  • Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who flew on Discovery twice, and Warner also released a video on social media contrasting chopping vegetables to chopping up the space shuttle.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Follow the manufacturer's safety guidelines closely to protect your hands while slicing.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There were barrel racers slicing turns like poetry, bull riders gripping for glory, and calf ropers moving with the precision of surgeons.
    Essence, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Dicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dicing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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