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What the deuce?

Sl. What has happened?; What? (Deuce is an old word for devil.) What the deuce! Who are you? What the deuce! Who did this?

deuce

(dus)

1. n. the devil. (Always with the.) I’ll knock the deuce out of you if you come around here again.

2. n. the two in playing cards. If I could only get a deuce.

3. n. two dollars. Can you loan me a deuce till payday?

4. n. a two-year prison sentence. (Underworld.) The DA made sure that Mooshoo got more than a deuce.

5. n. a table for two. Give the next couple the deuce over in the corner.

deuce-deuce

n. a .22-caliber pistol. (Streets.) My buddy popped his uncle with a deuce-deuce.

double-deuces

n. the number twenty-two. The National Weather Service says it’s going down to the double-deuces tonight.

What the deuce?

interrog. What has happened?; What? (Deuce is an old word for devil.) What the deuce! Who are you?

Who the deuce?

interrog. Who? (An elaboration of who. The deuce is the devil. See examples for variations.) Who the deuce do you think you are?

See also: who