Noun: deuce d(y)oos
Usage: informal
- One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
"He drew the deuce of hearts from the deck";
- two
- A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
"The match reached deuce for the third time"
- [informal] A word used in exclamations of confusion
"the deuce with it";
- devil [informal], dickens [informal]
Usage: informal
- Exclamation of annoyance
"deuce ...They won't stop me from having what I want"";
- blast, bother [Brit], botheration, bummer [informal], curses, dang [N. Amer, informal], damn, damnation, dammit [informal], damn it [informal], darn [informal], dash [Brit, informal], durn [US, dialect], drat [informal], hang [informal], sugar [informal], tarnation [N. Amer, informal], shoot [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: deuces
Type of: exclaiming, exclamation, playing card, tie
Encyclopedia: Deuce