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deuce

UK/djuːs/ US/duːs/ uncommon archaic slang us

noun

1.

a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

2.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

Synonyms
3.

a word used in exclamations of confusion

  • “what the devil”
  • “the deuce with it”
  • “the dickens you say”
Synonyms
4.

one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

Origin

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

Phrases

  • big deuce
  • chuck the deuces
  • deuce coupe
  • deuce court
  • deuce less
  • deuce-to-seven lowball
  • deuces wild
  • drop a deuce
  • the deuce you say
  • what the deuce

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