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What does dicey mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dicey? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Fraught with danger.
  2. Of uncertain, risky outcome.
  3. Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
  4. (slang) Nauseating, rank.
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The transport system still seems dicey, and armed insurgents rule the roads.
This has fixed the chain-jumping problem, though the gears are still a bit dicey.
Such dicey practices as insider trading and front-running have long been rampant in Moscow's bourses.
Having to saddle up a mud-encrusted bike and ride hell-bent in inky blindness is a dicey proposition.
Talking politics is dicey business, particularly with somebody you don't know.
Lots of people write to ask about detecting the subtle signs of a potentially dicey relationship.

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