Usually means: Risky and uncertain in outcome.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word dicey:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. dicey: Merriam-Webster
  2. dicey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dicey: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dicey: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dicey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dicey: Wiktionary
  7. dicey: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. dicey: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. dicey: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. dicey: Dictionary.com
  11. dicey: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. dicey: Rhymezone
  13. dicey: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. dicey: FreeDictionary.org
  15. dicey: ESL Idiom Page
  16. dicey: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. dicey: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. dicey: Vocabulary.com
  19. Dicey, dicey: Wordnik
  20. dicey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dicey: Encyclopedia

Slang (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. dicey: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. dicey: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. dicey: ESL Slang page
  4. dicey: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See diceys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Fraught with danger.
adjective:  Of uncertain, risky outcome.
adjective:  Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.

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