Deuce \Deuce\, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[^u]z, phantom,
specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF.
deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. Deity).]
The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deuce \Deuce\ (d[=u]s), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo.
See Two.]
1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the
deuce of hearts.
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2. (Tennis) 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deuce
n 1: a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two
successive points to win the game
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a
numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II]
3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
"the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil,
dickens]
4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "deuce":
ace, best bower, bower, cards, clubs, craps, deck, diamonds,
doubleton, dummy, face cards, flush, full house, hand, hearts,
jack, joker, king, knave, left bower, pack, pair, picture cards,
playing cards, queen, round, royal flush, rubber, ruff, singleton,
snake eyes, spades, straight, trey, trick, trump
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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