'Deuce' definitions:
Definition of 'deuce'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
noun
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce]
noun
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil, deuce, dickens]
noun
One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two]
Definition of 'Deuce'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deuce'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'deuce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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