About The Word Deuce

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Deuce

Deuce Meaning & Definition
Deuce Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deuce?

[n] one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
[n] a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
[n] a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deuce: 2 | devil | dickens | II | two

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deuce: 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

See Also | brace | couple | couplet | craps | digit | distich | doubleton | duad | duet | duo | dyad | exclaiming | exclamation | figure | pair | playing card | snake eyes | span | tie | twain | twosome | yoke

Deuce In Webster's Dictionary

\Deuce\ (d[=u]s), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See {Two}.] 1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts. 2. (Tennis) 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. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[^u]z, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. {Deity}).] The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also {deuse}.] [Low]

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