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noun/ˈeɪ̯s/[ˈeɪ̯s]/ˈæɪ̯s/
  1. 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. 2

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

  3. 3

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

    • Ace in the corner.
  4. 4

    A dollar bill.USslang

    • […] 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. 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;
  6. 6

    A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.

  7. 7

    A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.

  8. 8

    The best pitcher on the team.US

  9. 9

    A run.USdatedobsolete

  10. 10

    A hole in one.US

    • "Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year.
verb/ˈeɪ̯s/[ˈeɪ̯s]/ˈæɪ̯s/
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To make an ace (hole in one).

adj/ˈeɪ̯s/[ˈeɪ̯s]/ˈæɪ̯s/
  1. 1

    Excellent.UKslang

adj/ˈeɪ̯s/[ˈeɪ̯s]/ˈæɪ̯s/
  1. 1

    Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.slang

    • “I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”
noun/ˈeɪ̯s/[ˈeɪ̯s]/ˈæɪ̯s/
  1. 1

    A person who is asexual.slang

    • Asexuals are programmed differently, like anybody else on the LGBTQXYZ spectrum, but difference is cool! Difference is perhaps the best part of being queer. Own it, aces!
    • Negativity toward asexuality can make emerging aces fear that something is wrong with them.

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