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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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picquet
English
Etymology 1
Noun
picquet (uncountable)
- Alternative form of piquet (“card game”)
Etymology 2
Noun
picquet (plural picquets)
- (military) Archaic form of picket.
Verb
picquet (third-person singular simple present picquets, present participle picqueting, simple past and past participle picqueted)
- (military) Archaic form of picket.
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