Deuce

  • 21Deuce — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Deuce », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Sommaire …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 22Deuce — Музыканты Deuce  бывшее название американской рок группы Tension Deuce  мини альбом группы Deuce  американский рэпер, бывший участник группы Hollywood Undead Deuce британская поп группа Альбомы Deuce  первый DVD группы Korn… …

    Википедия

  • 23deuce — 1. n. the devil. □ I’ll knock the deuce out of you if you come around here again. □ Get the deuce out of here! 2. n. the two in playing cards. □ If I could only get a deuce. □ Ah, here’s the deuce …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 24deuce — 1. n. 1 the two on dice or playing cards. 2 (in lawn tennis) the score of 40 all, at which two consecutive points are needed to win. Etymology: OF deus f. L duo (accus. duos) two 2. n. misfortune, the Devil, used esp. colloq. as an exclamation of …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25deuce — I. noun Etymology: Middle English dewes, from Anglo French deus two, from Latin duos, accusative masculine of duo two more at two Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) the face of a die that bears two spots (2) a playing card bearing an index number two b …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26deuce — noun 1 the situation in tennis when both players have 40 points, after which the next player must win two points to win the game 2 what/where/who etc the deuce? spoken old fashioned used to add force to a question: What the deuce is going on? 3 a …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27deuce — [15] The underlying meaning of deuce emerges most clearly in its application to playing cards and dice: the number two. It comes from Old French deus ‘two’, which goes back to duōs, the accusative case of Latin duo ‘two’ (English two comes… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28deuce — UK [djuːs] / US [dus] noun Word forms deuce : singular deuce plural deuces 1) [countable/uncountable] the score in tennis when both players have 40 points 2) the deuce old fashioned used in questions for emphasizing how surprised or annoyed you… …

    English dictionary

  • 29deuce — I [[t]dus, dyus[/t]] n. 1) gam a card having two pips 2) gam a) the face of a die having two pips b) a cast or point of two in dice 3) spo a situation, as a tied score in a game, in which a player must score two successive points or games to win… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30deuce — n a. two dollars or two pounds Just let me have a deuce till tomorrow. b. a two year prison sentence He pulled a deuce in Club Fed …

    Contemporary slang