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deuce
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)
- (card games) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- (dice games) A side of a die with two spots.
- (dice games) A cast of dice totalling two.
- The number two.
- (tennis) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- (baseball) A curveball.
- A '32 Ford.
- 1978, Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in Rod Action, p.26
- 1978, Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in Rod Action, p.26
- (in the plural) 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- (restaurants, slang) A table seating two diners.
- (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)
- (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
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deice
English
Alternative forms
- de-ice
Etymology
From de- +? ice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di??a?s/
Verb
deice (third-person singular simple present deices, present participle deicing, simple past and past participle deiced)
- (transitive) To remove the ice from something.
- (intransitive) To lose its ice; to thaw.
Derived terms
- deicer
Translations
See also
- defrost
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??c?/
Noun
deice f sg
- genitive singular of deic
Mutation
Further reading
- "deice" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “deice” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deice” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Verb
d?ice
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?ici?
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
deice f sg
- genitive singular of deic
Mutation
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