deuce
(noun)
noun
1. a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
Definition categories: state, tie
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
Similar word(s): two
Definition categories: quantity, digit, figure
3. a word used in exclamations of confusion
- the deuce with it
Similar word(s): devil, dickens
Definition categories: communication, exclaiming, exclamation
4. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Similar word(s): two
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with deuce as a noun:
- Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why (Thackeray)