deuce

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The number two
A cast of dice totalling two
A side of a die with two spots
A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points
A '32 FordGeisert, Eric. "The California Spyder", in Street Rodder, 8/99, p.34; Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in Rod Action, 2/78, p.26. in plural, 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors (in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold)
A curveball
A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards
The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger

Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why (Thackeray).

{n} the two on cards or dice, the devil
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A game of 200 or more
a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
Even score when each side has won three or more points
A side of a dice with two spots
A slang term used for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
{i} playing card with two spots; side of a die bearing two spots; throw of the dice which totals two; score of 40 each or five games each (Tennis); two dollars or two pounds (Slang)
The devil; a demon
If both you and your opponent have 40 points each this is called Deuce
a score of 2 on a hole Example: "He pitched in for a duece on the par four 7th "
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
a score of 2 on a hole Example: He pitched in for a duece on the 7th hole
To hole out in two strokes
two-spot; the lowest-ranking card of a suit
A game score when both players have at least 40 points and they are tied
Twos are sometimes called deuces So 22277 can be called deuces full of sevens
A tie at 40 is called deuce Because a game must be won by two points, play continues from deuce until one player leads by a margin of two points
A 200 game
Colloquial term for driving under the influence of an intoxicating drug or liquor
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
A 200 game or 200 average; see also "par "
A score of 40-all in a game, after which two consecutive points must be won in order to take the game; also, the score after the player with the advantage loses a point
Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game
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 coupe
The 1932 Ford Model B coupe
deuce-to-seven lowball
A version of lowball poker where the ace is the high card and straights and flushes count, making the best hand 2-3-4-5-7 (with at least two different suits)
deuce a bit
absolutely not
deuced
Damned
drop a deuce
(Argo) Defecate, take a shit

I'll be right back, I gotta drop a deuce.

deuced
expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "tired or his everlasting whimpering"; "an infernal nuisance"
deuced
Devilish; excessive; extreme
deuced
{s} damned, confounded
deuces
plural of deuce
deuces
very, quite
deuce

    Turkish pronunciation

    dus

    Pronunciation

    /ˈdo͞os/ /ˈduːs/

    Etymology

    [ 'düs also 'dyü ] (noun.) 15th century. French deux (two), from Old French deus, from Latin duo.

    Tenses

    deucing, deuced
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