deuce

Meaning

1. A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.
2. A side of a die with two spots.
3. A cast of dice totalling two.
4. (slang) The number two.
5. (slang) The number two.
6. A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign.
7. A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.
8. A curveball.
9. A 1932 Ford.
10. Two-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase three deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold).
11. (slang) A table seating two diners.
12. (slang) A twopence coin.

Synonyms

devil

two

dickens

dyad

equality

runner-up

second

2nd

twopence

Dickens

II

2

Jack and Jill

double

duo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/djuːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dewes

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: taibhs

In summary

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.