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Noun: deuce  d(y)oos
  1. One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
    "He drew the deuce of hearts from the deck";
    - two
     
  2. 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"
     
  3. [informal] A word used in exclamations of confusion
    "the deuce with it";
    - devil [informal], dickens [informal]
Interjection: deuce  d(y)oos
Usage: informal
  1. 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