DEUCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does deuce mean?
• DEUCE (noun)
The noun DEUCE has 4 senses:
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
3. a word used in exclamations of confusion
4. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Familiarity information: DEUCE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEUCE (noun)
Meaning:
A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("deuce" is a kind of...):
tie (equality of score in a contest)
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
2; II; two; deuce
Hypernyms ("deuce" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deuce"):
craps; snake eyes (when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called 'craps' or 'snake eyes')
brace; couple; couplet; distich; duad; duet; duo; dyad; pair; span; twain; twosome; yoke (two items of the same kind)
Meaning:
A word used in exclamations of confusion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dickens; deuce; devil
Context examples:
what the devil / the deuce with it / the dickens you say
Hypernyms ("deuce" is a kind of...):
exclaiming; exclamation (an abrupt excited utterance)
Meaning:
One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("deuce" is a kind of...):
playing card (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)
