load the dice against someone Definition

load
noun

1. Something that is carried or transported.

Thesaurus: burden, encumbrance, cargo, freight, goods, haul, contents.
2a. An amount that is or can be carried or transported at one time;


Example: lorryload of bricks
3. A burden.
4. A cargo.
5. A specific quantity, varying according to the type of goods.
6. The weight carried by a structure, etc.
7. colloq
A large amount.
Example: loads of time
Thesaurus: a lot, many, much, numerous, heaps (slang), lots.
Form: loads
8. Duties, feelings, etc which are oppressive and heavy to bear.

Thesaurus: charge, responsibility, obligation.
9. An amount or number of things to be dealt with at one time.
10. The power carried by an electric circuit.
11. The power output of an engine.
12. The amount of work imposed on or expected of someone.

Example: a heavy teaching load
13. A single discharge from a gun.

verb loaded, loading

1. To put (cargo, passengers, etc) on (a ship, vehicle, plane, etc).

Thesaurus: place, store, stow, fill,pack, pile, stack.
2. To put something in or on something else as a load.

Example: load the dishwasher
Thesaurus: stuff, pile, heap, cram, fill, pack, pile, stack.
3. photog.
To put (film) in (a camera).
4. To weigh down or overburden.
5. To be a weight on or burden to someone or something; to oppress.

Thesaurus: burden, weigh down, oppress, strain, overwhelm, pressure.
6a. computing.
To put (a disk, computer tape, etc) into a drive, so that it may be used;
6b. computing.
To transfer (a program or data) into main memory, so that it may be used. See download.
7. To put (ammunition) into (a gun).
8. To give weight or bias to (dice, a roulette wheel, a question, etc).
9. To put a large amount of (paint) on (a paintbrush or canvas).
10. insurance.
To add charges to.
11. To add a substance to (wine, etc).

Idiom: a load of something

colloq, derisive
A lot of it
Example: What a load of rubbish!

Idiom: a load off one's mind

A relief.

Idiom: get a load of something

slang
To pay attention to, listen to, or look at it
Example: Get a load of those orange leggings!

Idiom: have a load on (get a load on)

( Amer)
slang
To be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, especially cocaine or marijuana.

Idiom: load the dice against someone

To deprive them of a fair chance.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon lad course or journey.

Phrasal Verb: load up

To take or pick up a load.

Phrasal Verb: load someone with something

To give it lavishly or in great amounts to them.