deuce
Betekenis (Engels)
- A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
- A side of a die with two spots.
- A cast of dice totalling two.
- (slang) The number two.
- (slang) The number two.
- A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
- A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
- A curveball.
- A 1932 Ford.
- Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
- (slang) A table seating two diners.
- (slang) A twopence coin.
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Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/djuːs/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English dewes (“two”), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo. The word was used by Ford to describe a model of car they made in 1932 due to it being a two-seater.
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