deck
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch deck (“roof, covering”).
Noun [edit]
deck (plural decks)
- Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- Arr, maties! Swab the deck!
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from deck (noun)
Translations [edit]
any flat surface walked on
pack of playing cards
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floorlike covering on a ship
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Verb [edit]
deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (slang) In a fight or brawl, to knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- Wow, did you see her deck that guy who pinched her?
Translations [edit]
(slang) to knock someone to the floor with a single punch
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle Dutch dekken (“to cover”).
Verb [edit]
deck (third-person singular simple present decks, present participle decking, simple past and past participle decked)
- (transitive, with out) To dress (someone) up, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 39
- They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it. The false emphasis with which they try to deck their worthless thoughts blunts their susceptibilities.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 39
- (transitive, with out) To decorate (something).
Usage notes [edit]
- See deck out
Translations [edit]
dress up — see dress up
decorate — see decorate
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [dɛk]
Verb [edit]
deck
- Imperative singular of decken.
- (colloquial) First-person singular present of decken.
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English deck
Noun [edit]
deck m (invariable)
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