Deuce
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English
Noun
Deuce (plural Deuces)- (card games) A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- (dice) A side of a die with two spots.
- (dice) A cast of dice totalling two.
- The number two.
- (tennis) A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points.
- (baseball) A curveball
- (custom cars) A '32 Ford[1] in plural, 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors (in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- A replacement for "devil" in minced oaths
Noun
Deuce (plural Deuces)- (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger
- Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why (Thackeray)
Thesaurus
ace, best bower, bower, cards, clubs, craps, deck, diamonds, doubleton, dummy, face cards, flush, full house, hand, hearts, jack, joker, king, knave, left bower, pack, pair, picture cards, playing cards, queen, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, singleton, snake eyes, spades, straight, trey, trick, trump
Etymology 1
French deux (two), from Old French deus, from Latin duo.
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Etymology 2
Cf. Late Latin dusius (phantom, specter); Gael. taibhs, taibhse (apparition, ghost); or from Old French deus (God), from Latin deus (compare deity.)
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
playing card
side of a dice with two spots
cast of dice totalling two
number two
tennis: tie, both players able to win by scoring two additional points
baseball: curveball
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Noun
Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger
References
- (etymology) Deuce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Notes:
- ↑ Geisert, 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.
