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Mane (English)

1. A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
2. A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.
3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.
4. (slang) A dollar bill.
5. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
6. A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.
7. A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.
8. The best pitcher on the team.
9. (obsolete) A run.
10. A hole in one.
11. An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.
12. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.
13. A perfect score on a school exam.
14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
15. (obsolete) A quark.

expert

tops

A-one

sweep through

pass with flying colors

deuce-ace

get the best

one-spot

combat pilot

hole-in-one

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/eɪs/

Inherited from Middle English

as

In summary

Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”). Doublet of as. Likely related or deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs, or otherwise taking from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) in the sense of "singular".

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