Deuce has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
"After holding serve, my opponent called out deuce when we both reached forty-all and needed two consecutive points to break the deadlock."
2
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
"The scoreboard showed a deuce when both teams had scored exactly two points in the final inning."
3
a word used in exclamations of confusion
"what the devil"
"the deuce with it"
"the dickens you say"
4
one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
"She folded her hand when she saw he held a pair of deuces, knowing they were unlikely to win against his high card."
5
A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
"Deuce, why did I just forget my wallet again?"
6
The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
Example Sentences
"what the devil"
noun
"the deuce with it"
noun
"the dickens you say"
noun
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Origin
Deuce comes from the Latin word duo, meaning "two," which entered English through Old French and Anglo-Norman. In 1932, the Ford Motor Company adopted this term to name its popular two-seater car model.