deuce

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• 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 '32 Ford.
• 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors .
• A table seating two diners.
• The Devil,

Origin

• From Middle English dewes ("two"), from Anglo-Norman, from Old French deus, from Latin duo.
• Compare Late Latin dusius ("phantom, specter"); Scottish Gaelic taibhs, taibhse; or from Old French deus ("God"), from Latin deus (compare deity).