deuce
n.
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)
Deuce
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deuce
Noun
1. a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
(hypernym) tie
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
(synonym) two, 2, II
(hypernym) digit, figure
(hyponym) craps, snake eyes
3. a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"
(synonym) devil, dickens
(hypernym) exclamation, exclaiming
4. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
(hypernym) playing card
deuce
deuce, 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)
Deuce
(n.)
Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
(n.)
The devil; a demon.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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