Deuce (Korn DVD)
WordNet
noun
(1) One of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
(2) A word used in exclamations of confusion
"What the devil"
"The deuce with it"
"The dickens you say"
(3) The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
(4) A tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
deux from deus, from duo.
Noun
- A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- A side of a die with two spots.
- A cast of dice totalling two.
- The number two.
- A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points.
- A curveball
- (custom cars) A '32 Ford in plural, 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors (in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
Etymology 2
Cf. dusius (phantom, specter); Gael. taibhs, taibhse (apparition, ghost); or from deus (God), from deus (cf. deity.)
Noun
- The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger
- Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why (Thackeray)