11 definitions found for Deuce

Deuce DEUCE, n. Two; a card with two spots; a die with two spots; a term used in gaming.
DEUCE, n. A demon. [See Duse.]

deuce n 1: a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number [syn: two, 2, II, deuce] 3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil, deuce, dickens] 4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots [syn: deuce, two]

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deuce c.1475, "a roll of 2 in dice," from M.Fr. deus, from L. duos (nom. duo) "two." Became a mild oath by 1710, about 50 years after it was first attested in the sense of "bad luck, the devil, etc.," perhaps because two was the lowest score, and probably by similarity to L. deus and related words meaning "god." Low Ger. had der daus! in same sense 16c., which probably influenced the Eng. form. Deuce coup is 1940s hot-rodder slang for "souped up two-door car," especially a 1932 Ford.

deuce I. noun Etymology: Middle English dewes, from Anglo-French deus two, from Latin duos, accusative masculine of duo two — more at two Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) the face of a die that bears two spots (2) a playing card bearing an index number two b. a throw of the dice yielding two points 2. a tie in tennis after each side has scored 40 requiring two consecutive points by one side to win 3. [obsolete English deuce bad luck] a. devil, dickens — used chiefly as a mild oath <what the deuce is he up to now> b. something notable of its kind <a deuce of a mess> II. transitive verb (deuced; deucing) Date: 1919 to bring the score of (a tennis game or set) to deuce

deuce
1.
n.
1 the two on dice or playing cards.
2 (in lawn tennis) the score of 40 all, at which two consecutive points are needed to win.
Etymology: OF deus f. L duo (accus. duos) two
2.
n. misfortune, the Devil, used esp. colloq. as an exclamation of surprise or annoyance (who the deuce are you?).
Phrases and idioms:
a (or the) deuce of a a very bad or remarkable (a deuce of a problem; a deuce of a fellow). the deuce to pay trouble to be expected.
Etymology: LG duus, formed as DEUCE(1), two aces at dice being the worst throw

deuce (deuces) Deuce is the score in a game of tennis when both players have forty points. One player has to win two points one after the other to win the game. N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl

Deuce Deuce, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[^u]z, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. Deity).] The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]

Deuce Deuce (d[=u]s), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See Two.] 1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts. 2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned ``40 all''), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game.

deuce n. 1. Two, two-spot (said of cards or dice). 2. (Colloq.) Devil.

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