English dictionary
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English noun: deuce | |||
| 1. | deuce (state) a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tie | ||
| 2. | deuce (quantity) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number | ||
| Synonyms | 2, II, two | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | digit, figure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brace, couple, couplet, craps, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, snake eyes, span, twain, twosome, yoke | ||
| 3. | deuce (communication) a word used in exclamations of confusion | ||
| Samples | What the devil. The deuce with it. The dickens you say. | ||
| Synonyms | devil, dickens | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exclaiming, exclamation | ||
| 4. | deuce (artifact) one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots | ||
| Synonyms | two | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | playing card | ||
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