dicey
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, pretty
VERB + DICEY
bit, got
DICEY + NOUN
stratagem
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Fraught with danger.
Of uncertain, risky outcome.
This was a dicey stratagem because all too often the support Britain rendered played into Zanu-PF's anti-colonial constructions.
Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey.
Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn′t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.
If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.
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Idioms & Phrases
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5This was a dicey stratagem because all too often the support Britain rendered played into Zanu-PF's anti-colonial constructions.
WiktionaryDevouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey.
WiktionaryFor sure, the economic and fiscal prospects for an independent Scotland look a lot dicier than they did three years ago.
WiktionaryWhen the boss checks our expenses it can be pretty dicey. He knows how to read between the lines.
Tatoeba · #33437It got pretty dicey weaving in and out of traffic.
Tatoeba · #10250546