Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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deuce | noun | Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts., 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., The devil; a demon. |
deuse | adjective | Alt. of Deused |
deut- | A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi-or di-, although little used. |