twos
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tuːz/, [tʰu̟ːz], enPR: to͞oz
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /tuz/, [tʰu̟z], enPR: to͞oz
- Rhymes: -uːz
Noun
twos
- plural of two.
- It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
- The people arrived in twos and threes.
- The age of two; two years old.
- The boy in his twos is just learning to walk.
- Twos are the hardest year on parents.
twos pl (plural only)
- (UK, prison slang) The cells located on the first floor.
- Coordinate terms: ones, threes, fours, fives
Derived terms
- in twos
- terrible twos
Translations
plural of 'two'
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Noun
twos pl (plural only)
- (poker slang) A pair of twos.
- Synonyms: deuces, ducks
- (sports) A reserves team.
Translations
pair of twos
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Verb
twos (third-person singular simple present twoses, present participle twosing, simple past and past participle twosed)
- (transitive, MLE) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
- 2007 January 29, Jamie T (lyrics), “Pacemaker”, in Panic Prevention, track 8:
- With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand
Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah
- 2020 July 3, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics), “Lightwork Freestyle”:
- Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!”
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Anagrams
- OTWs, SWOT, Stow, TOWs, Tows, ow'st, stow, swot, tows, wost, wots
Gothic
Romanization
twōs
- Romanization of 𐍄𐍅𐍉𐍃