Definition of deuce Deuce

/duˈs/ - [dus] - deuce

We found 21 definitions of deuce from 7 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: deuces

deuce - one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
  two
deuce - a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
  two, 2, II
  digit, figure a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
  snake eyes, craps a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice
deuce - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
  devil, dickens
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • deuce (Noun)
    A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  • deuce (Noun)
    A side of a die with two spots.
  • deuce (Noun)
    A cast of dice totalling two.
  • deuce (Noun)
    The number two.
  • deuce (Noun)
    A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points.
  • deuce (Noun)
    A curveball.
  • deuce (Noun)
    Custom cars A '32 FordGeisert, Eric. "The California Spyder", in Street Rodder, 8/99, p. 34; Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in Rod Action, 2/78, p. 26. in plural, 2-Venturi barrel twin-choke carburetors in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold .
  • deuce (Noun)
    A table seating two diners.
  • deuce (Noun)
    The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • deuce (n.)
    Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
  • deuce (n.)
    A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
  • deuce (n.)
    The devil; a demon.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • deuce
    A playing card with two spots

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • deuce
    dūs, n. a card or die with two spots: (lawn tennis) a term denoting that each side has gained three points ('forty all').—n. Deuce′-ace, a throw of two dice, one of which turns up deuce and the other ace. [Fr. deux, two—L. duos, accus. of duo, two.]
  • deuce
    dūs, n. the devil—in exclamatory phrases.—adj. Deuced (dū′sed, or dūst), devilish: excessive.—adv. confoundedly

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

  • deuce
    An honest card, in fact the only one that is never known to beat tray.

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