deck 1  (děk) 
n. A platform extending horizontally from one side of a ship to the other. A platform or surface likened to a ship's deck. A roofless, floored structure, typically with a railing, that adjoins a house. The roadway of a bridge or an elevated freeway. A pack of playing cards. A group of data processing cards.
A pack of playing cards. A group of data processing cards.
A tape deck. Slang A packet of narcotics.
tr.v.
decked, deck·ing, decks
To furnish with or as if with a deck. Slang To knock down: He decked his sparring partner.
[Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch dec, roof, covering; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.] |
