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1. (n.) deuce
a card having two pips.
2. deuce
the face of a die having two pips.
3. deuce
a cast or point of two in dice.
4. deuce
a situation, as a tied score in a game, in which a player must score two successive points or games to win.
5. (n.) deuce
devil; dickens (used as a mild oath):
Where the deuce did they hide it?
Etymology: (1645–55; appar. identical with deuce1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) deuce
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
2. (noun) two, 2, II, deuce
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
3. (noun) devil, deuce, dickens
a word used in exclamations of confusion
"what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
4. (noun) deuce, two
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
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1. (noun) deuce
two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts
2. (noun) deuce
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
3. (noun) deuce
the devil; a demon
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