deck

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English [edit]

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A ship with deck numbered 8.

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch deck (“roof, covering”).

Noun [edit]

deck (plural decks)

  1. Any flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
  2. A pack or set of playing cards.
  3. (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
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)

  1. (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
  2. (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]
to furnish with a deck, as a vessel
(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)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive, with out) To decorate (something).
Usage notes [edit]
Translations [edit]
dress up — see dress up
decorate — see decorate

German [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

deck

  1. Imperative singular of decken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of decken.

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

English deck

Noun [edit]

deck m (invariable)

  1. tape deck
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