Found 3 items, similar to Deuce.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: deuce
dua
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: deuce
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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Deuce
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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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]
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