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deuce ¹  (ds, dys)

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.

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[Middle English deus, from Old French, two, from Latin dus, masculine accusative of duo; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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deuce [dyewss]

Noun

1. Tennis a tied score that requires one player to gain two successive points to win the game

2. a playing card or dice with two spots [Latin duo two]

Thesaurus

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 number 2, II, two digit, 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 couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, twain, twosome, brace, pair, span, yoke, couple - two items of the same kind
	3.	deuce - a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" dickens, devil 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 two playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games

Translations

deuce [djuːs] n (TENNIS) → cuarenta iguales

deuce [djuːs] n (Tennis) → égalité f

deuce [djuːs] n (Tennis) → Einstand m

deuce [djuːs] n (TENNIS) → quaranta pari m inv