DEUCE
\djˈuːs], \djˈuːs], \d_j_ˈuː_s]\
Definitions of DEUCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
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one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
By Princeton University
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a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game
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one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The Devil.
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Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
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A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), 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.
By Oddity Software
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The Devil.
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Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.
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A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), 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.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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The Devil.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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