deuce

  1. Noun.  (cards) A card with two spots, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
  2. Noun.  (context, dice) A side of a die with two spots.
  3. Noun.  (context, dice) A cast of dice totalling two.
  4. Noun.  The number two.
  5. Noun.  (tennis) A tie, both players have the same number of points and one can win by scoring two additional points.
  6. Noun.  (baseball) A curveball.
  7. Noun.  (custom cars) A '32 FordGeisert, Eric. "The California Spyder", in ''Street Rodder'', 8/99, p.34; Mayall, Joe. "Driving Impression: Reproduction Deuce Hiboy", in ''Rod Action'', 2/78, p.26. in plural, 2-barrel (twin-choke) carburetors (in the term 3 deuces, an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
  8. Noun.  (context, epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.

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