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twos en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• to͞oz (US)
• /tuz/ (US)
• to͞oz (UK)
• [tʰu̟z] (US)
• [tʰu̟ːz] (UK)
• /tuːz/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only, slang) A pair of twos.
2. (form-of, plural) plural of two.
   form of two
   • It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
   • The people arrived in twos and threes.
3. (UK, plural, plural-only, slang) The cells located on the first floor.
4. The age of two; two years old.
   • Twos are the hardest year on parents.
   • The boy in his twos is just learning to walk.
5. (plural, plural-only) A reserves team.

Coordinates

ones · fours · threes · fives

Deriveds

in twos · terrible twos

Synonyms

ducks · deuces

Translations (4)

sv tvåor (pair of twos) · fi kakkospari (pair of twos) · ru дво́йки (plural of 'two') · sv tvåor (plural of 'two')

twos en · VERB

Pronunciation

• to͞oz (US)
• /tuz/ (US)
• to͞oz (UK)
• [tʰu̟z] (US)
• [tʰu̟ːz] (UK)
• /tuːz/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (Multicultural-London-English, transitive) To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
   • Tell bro “make sure you twos that, yute!” 2020 July 3, “Lightwork Freestyle”, Y.CB of 7th (lyrics):
   • With a lump in your throat, she won’t understand Twos on a cigarette and talk blah-blah 2007 January 29, “Pacemaker” (track 8), in Jamie T (lyrics), Panic Prevention:

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