deuces wild
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The deuces are wild, he would announce before a pitch. Two balls, two strikes, two out, two on, and two to two in the bottom of the second. Bosch could hear Scully's voice in his head as he considered that the deuces were now wild in his own game"
- "If there were two balls and two strikes on a batter, with two outs in an inning—what is called “deuces wild” in baseball—the bullpen would work like mad to get its pitcher out of the inning."
Etymology
Refers to various card games where deuces are used as wild cards. Probably coined by Los Angeles Dodgers sportscaster Vin Scully.