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deuce
noun [U] /djuːs/
/duːs/ Definition
› the score in tennis when both players have 40 pointsTennis and racket sports › the word for 'two' in some card and dice gamesPlaying cards the deuce old-fashioned informal › used in questions to express anger or surprise: What the deuce do you think you're doing?Expressions of surpriseExpressions of anger
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Synonyms and related words:
- (really) take the biscuit idiom
- actually adverb (SURPRISE)
- believe verb
- bingo exclamation
- bless my soul! idiom
- blimey exclamation
- by gum! idiom
- gracious exclamation
- how about that? idiom
- I ask you! idiom
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- of all people/things/places idiom
- omg
- shock, horror! idiom
- speak/talk of the devil idiom
- ye gods! idiom
- you could have knocked me down/over with a feather idiom
- you don't say! idiom
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