1. a playing card with two spots or pips
2. a tie score (as 40-40 in tennis) requiring one player to score two consecutive points to win
Usage: tennis
3. the number two on a die

1. used as a mild oath expressing annoyance or surprise
Usage: informal; euphemistic

Examples

• She drew the deuce of hearts from the deck.
• The tennis match went to deuce three times in the final set.
• He rolled a deuce on his first throw of the dice.
• The score was deuce again after a long rally.
• What the deuce is going on here?
• I can’t find my keys anywhere – where the deuce did I put them?
• The deuce of spades completed her straight.