English Explanatory Dictionary

deuce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. A side of a die with two spots.
  3. A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. The number two.
  5. A bowel movement (the event or the result).
  6. A two-year prison sentence.
  7. A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle finger, a peace sign.
  8. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
  9. A curveball.
  10. A 1932 Ford.
  11. Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
  12. A table seating two diners.
noun
  1. The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
  2. Synonym of devil (“something awkward or difficult”).
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of deuce (“the Devil”).

Pronunciation

/djuːs/ /d͡ʒuːs/ /dus/ en-us-deuce.ogg /ˈdjʉs/ /ˈd͡ʒʉs/ /duːs/

Word forms

deuce deuces the Deuce

Etymology

From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford Motor Co. in 1932 to describe a two-seater car model.

Synonyms

two number two big jobs bowel movement cack call of nature crap crapping defecating defecation doing one's ease doing one's easement dump dumping easement hod motion poo pooh poop purging sharn shit shitting spraying taking a shit two-top devil

Related words

Deuce

Derived words

acey-deucey big deuce chuck the deuces deuce coupe deuce court deuce less deuces wild deuce-to-seven lowball drop a deuce play the deuce with pop a deuce the deuce deuced the deuce you say what the deuce

Translations

Bulgarian: двойка Finnish: kakkonen French: deux German: Zwei Italian: due Latin: duo Polish: bobek Portuguese: dois Romanian: doi Russian: дво́йка Serbo-Croatian: двојка Serbo-Croatian: dvojka Slovak: dvojka Spanish: dos Swedish: tvåa
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