Synonyms for deuce
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : doos, dyoos |
| Phonetic Transcription : dus, dyus |
Top 10 synonyms for deuce Other synonyms for the word deuce
- bad actor
- bifurcation
- bilaterality
- binary
- black marketeer
- blackmailer
- brace
- combine
- combo
- con
- couplet
- delinquent
- desperado
- deuce
- dichotomy
- diremption
- dos
- doublet
- dual
- duality
- duet
- duplexity
- duplicity
- dyad
- evildoer
- ex-con
- guerilla
- heavy
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- husband and wife
- hustler
- inside person
- item
- jailbird
- lawbreaker
- malefactor
- match
- mates
- mobster
- mug
- muscle
- newlyweds
- offender
- outlaw
- pair
- racketeer
- repeater
- scofflaw
- set
- sinner
- slippery eel
- span
- team
- thug
- transgressor
- trespasser
- twain
- twin
- twins
- two
- two of a kind
- twosome
- wrongdoer
- yardbird
- yoke
Définition of deuce
Origin :- late 15c., "the 2 in dice or cards," also "a roll of 2 in dice" (1510s), from Middle French deus (Modern French deux), from Latin duos (nominative duo) "two" (see two).
- Became a mild oath by 1710, about 50 years after it was first attested in the sense of "bad luck, the devil, etc.," perhaps because two was the lowest score, and probably by similarity to Latin deus and related words meaning "god." Low German had der daus! in same sense 16c., which perhaps influenced the English form. Deuce coupe is 1940s hot-rodder slang for "souped up two-door car," especially a 1932 Ford. Related: Deuced; deucedly.
- As in pair : noun two of something
- As in two : noun two of something
- As in couple : noun pair of things
- As in criminal : noun person who breaks the law
- I'm in the deuce of a hole, and there's no one I know here besides yourself.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- I can't keep my mind on m' fishing—just wondering what the deuce he's after.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Deuce awoke, looked about him, and yow-yow-yowed in doggish relief.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- At this point Dick and Deuce, who had been paralleling through the woods, joined us.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- It's played the deuce in this family, and will go on doing it.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- You'd think the deuce was in it!I'd shake the humdrums out of you, I guess!
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Saturday, June 4, 1870 » by Various
- If you stay here, the deuce a man in all Ruritania will doubt of it—or a woman either.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Gagniere was stupefied; where the deuce could he have lost her?
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- We've money in our pockets, and the deuce is in it if we can't find something to buy.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- The deuce, you've got one today, and I know it's hard lines.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for deuce
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