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Deuce

//djuːs// name, noun, slang

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Proper Noun

1
Alternative letter-case form of deuce (“the Devil”). alt-of
"“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!”"

Noun

1
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."
2
The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
"Love is a bodily infirmity […] which breaks out the deuce knows how or why"
3
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots wordnet
4
A side of a die with two spots.
5
Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
"We had a deuce of a time getting here."

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6
a word used in exclamations of confusion wordnet
7
A cast of dice totalling two.
8
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number wordnet
9
The number two.; A piece of excrement; number two. Canada, US, slang
10
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game wordnet
11
The number two.; A two-year prison sentence. Canada, slang
"Bisexual male, 28, doing a deuce in a segregated housing unit due to positive HIV test result, seeks correspondence from both genders."
12
A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
13
A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
14
A curveball.
15
A 1932 Ford.
"And she was blinded by the light/Oh, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night."
16
Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold). in-plural
17
A table seating two diners. slang
18
A twopence coin. archaic, slang
"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."
19
douche euphemistic, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Compare Late Latin dusius (“phantom, specter”); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse (“apparition, ghost”); or from Old French deus (“God”), from Latin deus (compare deity).

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