Thesaurus: deuce

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1. n. Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
2. n. 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.
3. n. The devil; a demon.
4. n. a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
5. n. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
6. n. a word used in word/exclamations">exclamations of confusion
7. n. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
8. 1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts. 2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whendeuce, which decides the game. The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]
9. Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
10. n:100 n. a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game n. one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots