different between deuce vs dece

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?s/, /d??u?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /du?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

deuce (plural deuces)

1. (card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
2. (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
3. (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
4. The number two.
5. (tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
6. (baseball) A curveball.
7. A '32 Ford.
   • 1978, Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in Rod Action, p.26

1. (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
2. (restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
3. (Canada, US, slang) A piece of excrement.

Synonyms

• (piece of excrement): See Thesaurus:defecation

Derived terms

• drop a deuce

Related terms

• (dice) ace, trey, cater, cinque, sice

Translations

See also

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).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju?s/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /du?s/
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

deuce (plural deuces)

1. (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

Derived terms

• what the deuce

Translations

References

• (etymology) deuce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• educe

English

Etymology

Shortening of decent.

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?s, IPA^(key): /di?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Adjective

dece (comparative more dece, superlative most dece)

1. (slang) decent; reasonably good
   • 1993, "Chris L Concepcion", Re: _Bad Voltage_ (on newsgroup alt.cyberpunk)

     I'm sorry but this book did not quite move me. Yeah, the slang wuz kewl, the attitude was neat, and the music was dece (if you read the book four years ago) but it's not THE BEST READ I've ever had […]

   • 2006, "[email protected]", Re: Callahan race, post-Regionals (on newsgroup rec.sport.disc)

     Salad and Franchise both played ridiculously well after we took our lead, especially considering the ridiculous conditions of the game. I suppose the rest of Texas was dece as well, good for you […]

Anagrams

• cede

Corsican

Alternative forms

• deci

Etymology

From Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *dé?m?. Cognates include Italian diece and Portuguese dez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?det??e/
• Hyphenation: de?ce

Numeral

dece

1. ten

References

• “dece, deci” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Esperanto

Etymology

deca +? -e

Adverb

dece

1. properly, fittingly

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de.tse/

Numeral

dece

1. ten

Middle English

Noun

dece

1. Alternative form of deis (“dais”)