deuce : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deuce	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for deuce
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deuce n a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number Synonym(s): two, 2, II, deuce a word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say" Synonym(s): devil, deuce, dickens one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots Synonym(s): deuce, two
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deuce \Deuce\ (d[umac]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. 2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned [bd]40 all[b8]), 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deuce \Deuce\, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te[96]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]