deuce

[US]/djuːs/
[UK]/dus/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a score of forty-all in a game, specifically tennis; a tie; bad luck.
Word Forms
Pluraldeuces

Phrases & Collocations

play a deuce

Example Sentences

What the deuce is that?

how the deuce are we to make a profit?.

got the deuce for being late.

What the deuce were they thinking of?

had a deuce of a time getting out of town; a deuce of a family row.

what the deuce are you trying to do?.

I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter.

The weather played the deuce with our plans.

What deuced bad luck !

He isn't so deuced clever.

playing poker with deuces wild.

According to the need of testing engineering practice, a project for deuce force sensor of double cantalever girder strain style was designed.

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