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deuce¹
- /djuːs/ UK
- /d͡ʒuːs/ UK
- /dus/ US
- /ˈdjʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /ˈd͡ʒʉs/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.
noun deuces
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A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Similar: two
- A side of a die with two spots.
- A cast of dice totalling two.
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A bowel movement (the event or the result).
Similar: number two, big jobs, bowel movement, cack, call of nature, crap, crapping, defecating, defecation, doing one's ease, doing one's easement, dump
- A two-year prison sentence. Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders.
- A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
- A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- A curveball.
- A 1932 Ford. And she was blinded by the light/Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.
- Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
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A table seating two diners.
Similar: two-top
- The amount of two dollars or two pounds. Lend me a deuce until next week, will ya?
- A twopence coin. It was a shame of the chalk-takers to take their fee without even scoring one little mark; but chalk-takers are inexorable and must be paid their twopence. 'Down with your deuces', was the demand after each pair of birds had competed.
- Douche.
deuce²
- /djuːs/ UK
- /duːs/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -uːs
Where it comes from
Compare Late Latin dusius (“phantom, specter”); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse (“apparition, ghost”); or from Old French deus (“God”), from Latin deus (compare deity).
noun deuces
- The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger. Love is a bodily infirmity […] which breaks out the deuce knows how or why
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Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
We had a deuce of a time getting here.
Similar: devil
Deuce³
proper noun the Deuce
- Alternative letter-case form of deuce (“the Devil”). “I should not allow any one to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it—walk in!” The “walk in,” was uttered with closed teeth and expressed the sentiment, “Go to the Deuce!”
Translations
Every language
noun number two
| Español | dos |
|---|---|
| Português | dois |
| Français | deux |
| Deutsch | Zwei |
| Italiano | due |
| Română | doi |
| Русский | дво́йка dvójka |
noun playing card
| Español | dos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 듀스 dyuseu |
| 日本語 | デュース dyūsu |
| हिन्दी | दुक्की dukkī |
| Português | dois (2,4), duque |
| Français | deux |
| Deutsch | Daus |
| Italiano | due |
| Русский | дво́йка dvójka |
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title = {deuce},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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