ace
ace (ās)
noun
- a playing card, domino, etc. marked with one large, centered pip
- Racket Sports, Handball
- a score made by a serve that one's opponent fails to touch
- such a serve
- Golf the act of hitting the ball so that it goes into the hole on the drive; hole in one
- a combat pilot who has destroyed at least five enemy planes
- an expert in any activity
Etymology: ME as, aas < L as, unit, unity, as
adjective
Informal first-rate; expert an ace salesman
transitive verb aced, ac′·ing
- to score an ace against, as in tennis
- to make an ace on (a particular hole) in golf
- Slang to defeat completely; get the best of: often with out
- ☆ Informal to do very well, esp., by earning a grade of A, in, on, etc. she aced the course
within an ace of
on the verge of; very close to
ace
n.
A pilot who has shot down five planes or more
veteran, combat pilot, fighter pilot, expert, seasoned aviator, dogfighter*. An expert in an activity
expert, master, champion; see specialist.
Preposition: of
- spade: In our deck of cards, it is the ace of spades.
- trump: She did it as one who plays an ace of trumps.
- diamond: Leading the ace of diamonds to look at dummy is not really appropriate here.
Converse of object
- fly: Flying ace Amy Johnson died Flying ace Amy Johnson - who made history with her solo flight to Australia in 1930 - died.
- serve: There is no physical reason why any of us should not more consistently serve aces or hit perfect returns.
Adjective modifier
- Brazilian: The Brazilian ace took two pole positions, two race wins and two fastest laps.
- bloody: But once he knows what he's doing, he's bloody aces!
- double: Could only benefit is the largest dollar double aces.
Modifies a noun
- inhibitor: Treatment for kidney disease focuses on blood pressure control using ACE inhibitors.
- binary: Nevertheless, despite the warning, in this event, the ACE interface function passes the value to the ACE binary.
- inhibition: It is not known if this benefit from ACE inhibition is seen in diabetics who are not at high risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
- strategist: Itinerary our voyage voyage ace strategist we were off four seven-day fall.
- reporter: Not long after he had graduated from Harvard University, Reed became the most highly paid ace reporter in the US.
- guitarist: A polished pro and an ace guitarist, with a nice dry line in humor.
Noun used with modifier
- facesdouble: Seen from different angles a child-molesting Pixel Cube Software father who serves as facesdouble aces and.
- Aussie: The Aussie ace said: " I've never played Ferrer but I know he is a great competitor and really fit.
- fighter: The booklets described the aircraft of fighter aces flying various types of aircraft.
- voyage: Itinerary our voyage voyage ace strategist we were off four seven-day fall.
- carp: Carp ace Colin Davidson explains his favorite liquid flavorings and there's some real classics to get your teeth into.
There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you can do anything to me, take everything away, put me in prison, but I will know [her] when we are old.
Mr Creston Clarke played King Lear at theTabor Grand last night. All through five acts of Shakespeare's tragedy he played the king as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.
Browse dictionary entries near ace
- ACD
- accustomed to
- accustomed
- accustom
- accuser
- accused
- accuse
- accusatory
- accusatorial system
- accusatorial
- Ace bandage
- ace-high
- ace in the hole
- ACE inhibitor
- -acea
- -aceae
- acedia
- Aceldama
- ACELP
- -aceous
