ace

UK /eɪs/ US /eɪs/
noun 11name 7verb 4adj 2

Definitions

noun

1

A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.

You see, Sir, when I look at the Ace it reminds me that there is but one God. The deuce reminds me that the bible is divided into two parts; the Old and New Testaments. And when I see the trey I think of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

2

A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.

3

The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.

Ace in the corner.

4

A dollar bill.

[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.

If they got too many aces (dollar bills) or fives or tens, they turned them in to the vault where they became part of the reserve.

5

A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

He will not bate an ace of absolute certainty.

I'LL not wag an ace farther: The whole World ſhall not bribe me to it;

verb

1

To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

2

To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.

3

To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.

4

To make an ace (hole in one).

adj

1

Excellent.

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