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)