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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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;
[syn: two, 2, II, deuce]

3. a word used in exclamations of confusion;
- Example: "what the devil"
- Example: "the deuce with it"
- Example: "the dickens you say"
[syn: devil, deuce, dickens]

4. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots;
[syn: deuce, two]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deuce \Deuce\ (d[=u]s), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo.
   See Two.]
   1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the
      deuce of hearts.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each
      side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned
      "40 all"), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until
      one of the sides secures two successive strokes following
      a tie or deuce, which decides the game.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deuce \Deuce\, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[^u]z, phantom,
   specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF.
   deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. Deity).]
   The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.]
   [Low]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deuce
    n 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 [syn: two, 2, II,
       deuce]
    3: a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil";
       "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" [syn: devil,
       deuce, dickens]
    4: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
       [syn: deuce, two]