'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]
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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
  • 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.] [Low] [1913 Webster]

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