deuce

1. 1.

   a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

   Broadertie
2. 2.

   the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

   Synonymstwo2II

   Broaderdigit

   Narrowercrapscouple
3. 3.

   a word used in exclamations of confusion

   “what the devil”

   “the deuce with it”

   “the dickens you say”

   Synonymsdevildickens

   Broaderexclamation
4. 4.

   one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots

   Synonymstwo

   Broaderplaying card

Other forms of deuce

plural

deuces·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deuce

What does deuce mean?

deuce means "a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deuce?

deuce has 1 syllable: deuce. In IPA it is /ˈdus/.

What is another word for deuce?

Close synonyms include two, 2, II, devil, dickens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deuce a common word?

deuce is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deuce?

10 words rhyme with deuce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.