deuce

English

/djuːs/, /duːs/, /djuːs/, /duːs/

noun
Definitions
  • (cards) A card with two pip#Etymology 3|pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  • (dice) A side of a die with two spots.
  • (dice) A cast of dice totalling two.
  • The number two.
  • (tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  • (baseball) A curveball.
  • A '32 .
  • (in the plural) 2-Venturi barrel (twin choke) carburetors in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold.
  • (restaurants) A table seating two diners.
  • (North America) A piece of excrement.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dewes (two) derived from Old French deus (God) derived from Latin duo (two).

Origin

Latin

duo

Gloss

two

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