deuce vs thug

deuce

noun
  • A curveball. 

  • A hand gesture consisting of a raised index and middle fingers, a peace sign. 

  • A two-year prison sentence. 

  • A cast of dice totalling two. 

  • A '32 Ford. 

  • A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards. 

  • 2-barrel (twin choke) carburetors (in the phrase 3 deuces: an arrangement on a common intake manifold). 

  • A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points. 

  • A table seating two diners. 

  • The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger. 

  • A piece of excrement. 

  • A side of a die with two spots. 

thug

noun
  • A wooden bat used in the game of miniten, fitting around the player's hand. 

  • One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her. 

  • One who, usually as a result of social disadvantage, has turned to committing crimes (e.g. selling drugs, robbery, assault, etc.) to make a living; a gangsta. 

  • An over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed. 

  • Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire. 

  • A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan. 

verb
  • To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of someone who does. 

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