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Dice

01:14 Jul 23, 2020
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English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Dice
English term or phrase: Dice
I hit an approach shot down the line to his backhand. I had everything covered, I had the forehand and backhand covered, And if he was gonna go with a short angle which is a low percentage, I had the dice covered.

A tennis player on the net.

What "Dice" stands for here?

Thanks in advance,
S.J
Canada
Local time: 21:38


SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5take a chance or risk
Anastasia Andriani
4 +1I had every possible outcome covered
Paolo Cirello
4unpredictable low bounce
Yvonne Gallagher
3dice
Teangacha (X)


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
take a chance or risk


Explanation:
Dice in British English means :
As Verb : ( intransitive ) to take a chance or risk (esp in the phrase)

Example sentence(s):
  • He is referring to his own dice with death

    Reference: http://collindictionary.com
Anastasia Andriani
Indonesia
Local time: 08:38
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Rebecca Reddin: It's not used as a(n intransitive) verb here, but as a noun in an expression, which doesn't appear. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dice
37 mins
  -> on the other opinion of mine, Dice stands for prevent ability (Noun)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: As Rebecca says "a dice with death" is an expression but does not fit here
4 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dice
I had every possible outcome covered


Explanation:
In this case, "I had the dice covered." means that no matter what "he" was gonna do, the man speaking has every possible outcome covered.

Speaking about the dice itself, he is saying that it doesn't matter whether it rolls a 1, a 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 (the opponent's moves), he knows what to do in every single of those instances.

Paolo Cirello
Italy
Local time: 03:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl
1 hr
  -> Thank you
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: taken from David's answer and probably incorrect
2 hrs
  -> David's answer says "I knew what he was going to do [and had it covered]" which is not the same as "no matter what he will do (he had X options), I have an answer to every single one of those options". "Probably incorrect" - maybe, this was my take on it
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dice
unpredictable low bounce


Explanation:
so the dice part is the fact the bounce is unpredictable, so the opposing player is not sure which way it is going to bounce

As Teangacha said, "dice" is used with "slice"

slice is a backspin shot but when the ball bounces low in an unpredictable way it is very difficult to deal with

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/slice-y-di...
"...
Often, I can't even tell whether the ball will drop inches over the net, with a nasty sidespin; or will sling low and hard over the net, landing near the baseline, drilling into the court with ridiculous backspin. Sometimes the ball doesn't bounce at all, it just skids - so you have to practically get down on all fours to make contact.

I try to take these out of the air to avoid that unpredictable bounce..."

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Note added at 11 hrs (2020-07-23 12:39:01 GMT)
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 sorry didn't mean to bold the lot!

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Note added at 11 hrs (2020-07-23 12:43:16 GMT)
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https://tennisone.tennisplayer.net/club/lessons/elderton/spi...

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 02:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 68
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dice
dice


Explanation:
'I was prepared if he used the dice tactic./ I was prepared if he used the slice and dice tactic.' ('dice' seems to be always mentioned in association with 'slice' when referring to a tennis game/strategy)

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Note added at 8 hrs (2020-07-23 09:52:02 GMT)
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'I was prepared if my opponent used the slice n' dice tactic'

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Note added at 8 hrs (2020-07-23 09:53:43 GMT)
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'Slicing and dicing' seems to be a phrase used in tennis:

https://tennishead.net/slice-and-dice-like-justine-henin/

https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/slicing-an...

http://www.tennisserver.com/scramble/scramble_99_07.html

https://localtennisleagues.com/roundup/slicinganddicingtakin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFoTfJT5Wqs

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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-07-23 12:02:44 GMT)
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Slicing and Dicing, Tennis Style. Slice, or backspin, causes the tennis ball to spin back toward the source of impact (you). When a slice shot bounces, the ball stays low, forcing your opponent to really stretch to get to the ball.

https://www.dummies.com/sports/tennis/slicing-and-dicing-ten...



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Note added at 10 hrs (2020-07-23 12:08:35 GMT)
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Slicing and Dicing, Tennis Style Slice, or backspin, causes the tennis ball to spin back toward the source of impact (you). When a slice shot bounces, the ball stays low, forcing your opponent to really stretch to get to the ball.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-07-23 15:26:54 GMT)
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@ Asker: The word 'dice' stands for 'dice' here.

Teangacha (X)
Ireland
Local time: 02:38
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: Yes, a phrase as you've shown. In monolingual English Asker needs to know what it means so they can translate
2 hrs
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