deuce

Meanings

Plural: deuces

Noun

• a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
• the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
• a word used in exclamations of confusion
  • "the deuce with it"
• one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
• A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
• A side of a die with two spots.
• A cast of dice totalling two.
• The number two.
• A piece of excrement; number two.
• The number two.
• A two-year prison sentence.
• A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
• A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
• A curveball.
• A 1932 Ford.
• Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
• A table seating two diners.
• A twopence coin.
• douche
• The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
• Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).

Synonyms

2, defecation, devil, dickens, II, two, two-top

Related Words

ace, cater, cinque, eight, five, four, jack, joker, king, knave, nine, queen, seven, six, ten, three, trey, two