deuce 1
(do͞os, dyo͞os)n.
1.
a. A playing card having two spots or the side of a die bearing two pips.
b. A cast of dice totaling two.
2. A tied score in tennis in which each player or side has 40 points, or 5 or more games, and one player or side must win 2 successive points to win the game, or 2 successive games to win the set.
tr.v. deuced, deuc·ing, deuc·es
To make the score of (a tennis game or set) deuce.
[Middle English deus, from Old French, two, from Latin duōs, masculine accusative of duo; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
deuce 2
(do͞os, dyo͞os) Informaln.
1. The devil: "Love is a bodily infirmity ... which breaks out the deuce knows how or why" (William Makepeace Thackeray).
2. An outstanding example, especially of something difficult or bad: a deuce of a family row.
3. A severe reprimand or expression of anger: got the deuce for being late.
4. Used as an intensive: What the deuce were they thinking of?
[Probably from Low German duus, a throw of two in dice games, bad luck, ultimately from Latin duo, two; see deuce1.]
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deuce
(djuːs)n
1. (Card Games)
a. a playing card or dice with two pips or spots; two
b. a throw of two in dice
2. (Games, other than specified)
a. a playing card or dice with two pips or spots; two
b. a throw of two in dice
3. (Tennis) tennis a tied score (in tennis 40-all) that requires one player to gain two successive points to win the game
[C15: from Old French deus two, from Latin duos, accusative masculine of duo two]
deuce
(djuːs)interj
an expression of annoyance or frustration
n
the deuce (intensifier) used in such phrases as what the deuce, where the deuce, etc
[C17: probably special use of deuce1 (in the sense: lowest throw at dice)]
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deuce1
(dus, dyus)n.
1. a card having two pips.
2.
a. the face of a die having two pips.
b. a cast or point of two in dice.
3. a situation, as a tied score in a game, in which a player must score two successive points or games to win.
[1425–75; < Middle French: two < Latin duōs]
deuce2
(dus, dyus)n.
devil; dickens (used as a mild oath): Where the deuce did they hide it?
[1645–55; appar. identical with deuce1]
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deuce
The score after each player has scored three points (40–all). Deuce is also the score of any tied result after 40–all in the same game. If both players score advantage, the score is deuce once more until one player wins two consecutive points to win a game.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | deuce - a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game tie - equality of score in a contest |
| 2. |  deuce - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this numberdigit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits" craps, snake eyes - expressions used when when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot | |
| 3. | deuce - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" | |
| 4. | deuce - one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games |
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Translations
двойка
dvojka
kakkonenpirusorsatasatilanne
dvojka
duo
dvojka
deuce
1 [djuːs] N (Tennis) → cuarenta iguales mpl, deuce mdeuce
2 (o.f.) [djuːs] N a deuce of a row → un tremendo jaleoa deuce of a mess → una terrible confusión
the deuce it is! → ¡qué demonio!
what/where the deuce ...? → ¿qué/dónde demonios ...?
to play the deuce with → estropear, echar a perder
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deuce
1n
(Cards) → Zwei f
deuce
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