Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A single spot or pip on a playing card, die, or domino.
- noun A playing card, die, or domino having one spot or pip.
- noun In racket games.
- noun A serve that one's opponent fails to hit.
- noun A point scored by such a serve.
- noun The act of hitting a golf ball in the hole with one's first shot.
- noun A military aircraft pilot who has destroyed five or more enemy aircraft.
- noun An expert in a given field.
- adjective Top-notch; first-rate.
- transitive verb To serve an ace against in racket games.
- transitive verb To hit an ace on (a hole) in golf.
- transitive verb Slang To get the better of (someone).
- transitive verb To receive a grade of A on.
- transitive verb To perform with distinction on.
- idiom (ace in the hole/up one's sleeve) A hidden advantage or resource kept in reserve until needed.
- idiom (within an ace of) On the verge of; very near to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A noun-suffix occurring in populace, pinnace, etc. (which see). It is not used as an English formative. In menace, grimace, and other words, the suffix is of different origin.
- noun A unit; specifically, a single pip on a card or die, or a card or die marked with a single pip.
- noun A very small quantity; a particle; an atom; a trifle: as, the creditor will not abate an ace of his demand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb colloq. to get a grade of "A".
- adjective of the highest quality.
- noun A unit; a single point or spot on a card or die; the card or die so marked.
- noun Hence: A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.
- noun (Sport) A single point won by a stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.; in tennis, frequently, a point won by a service stroke.
- noun to make the least abatement. [Obs.]
- noun very near; on the point of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A single point or spot on a
playing card ordie . - noun A card or die
face so marked. - noun A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a
jot . - noun tennis A
serve won without the opponent hitting the ball. - noun baseball The best
pitcher on theteam . - noun baseball, dated, 19th century A
run . - noun golf A
hole in one . - noun An
expert at something. - noun A military aircraft
pilot who is credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. - noun A perfect
score on a school exam. - verb To
pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. - verb tennis To win a point by an ace.
- verb golf To make an ace (
hole in one ). - adjective UK, slang
Excellent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of the highest quality
- verb succeed at easily
- verb score an ace against
- verb play (a hole) in one stroke
- verb serve an ace against (someone)
- noun the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number
- noun one of four playing cards in a deck having a single pip on its face
- noun a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For example, not host vs and ace is short for not host vs and host ace which should not be confused with not (host vs or ace) Expression arguments can be passed to tcpdump as either a single argument or as multiple arguments, whichever is more convenient.
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The Yankees ace is listed at 290 pounds, though he said he actually weighs 305, making him one of the heaviest baseball players of all time.
For CC, Weight Is Just a Number Brian Costa 2010
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The ace is C.C. Sabathia, hands down one of the best pitchers in the league.
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The pitching pitcher tonight, the Giants ace, is most famous for being - in the offseason pulled over with a small amount of marijuana in his car.
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The pitching pitcher tonight, the Giants ace, is most famous for being - in the offseason pulled over with a small amount of marijuana in his car.
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The Southsiders ace is Jake Peavy, and deservingly so, the guys has IT.
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Young right-hander Homer Bailey has been tabbed as a future ace from the moment the Reds selected him out of high school in the first round of the 2004 draft.
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A Game 1 loss at home with your ace is no way to warm your odds.
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Their ace is starting Saturday night, with a nickname of Big Game.
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(The Singularity is Near) And hey, kudos to you on busting the virtual machine of consciousness with a downloaded lobster ... and 'effin ace on slapping Dennett and then telling him not to worry about illusionary pain.
amuchmoreexotic: I've just finished reading Consciousness amuchmoreexotic 2008
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Indeed, some sex-positive activists are defined by actively not wanting sex, such as the lingerie model Yasmin Benoit, who identifies as asexual or ace – meaning that she never or rarely experiences attraction to others – but maintains she is not anti-sex just because she isn’t interested, personally.
‘It stopped me having sex for a year’: why Generation Z is turning its back on sex-positive feminism Gaby Hinsliff 2022
sionnach commented on the word ace
great-grandson of Babe
August 1, 2008
scarequotes commented on the word ace
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/02/06/24851726/savage-love-letter-of-the-day-maybe-sex-just-isnt-his-thing
It just so happens, NOHUMP, that plenty of asexuals (aka "aces"), identified as L, G, or B before realizing they were more of an A. Julia Sondra Decker, asexuality activist and author of The Invisible Orientation, gives some context:
February 7, 2017
scarequotes commented on the word ace
http://www.whatisasexuality.com/am-i-ace/teen/
You can be asexual even if you've had sex. I know, it sounds strange, but having sex doesn't mean you can't be asexual. Some aces are curious. Some aces think it's what they're supposed to do. And some aces even like it.
February 7, 2017
maryw commented on the word ace
Cal Sparrow, "Lowercase Q," in Micah Rajunov & Scott Duane, eds., Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity (New York: Columbia University Press, 2019), p. 145
May 31, 2020
allace commented on the word ace
I AM LOVE LOVE IS I
October 6, 2022