Ace

Main Entry: 1ace
Pronunciation: 'ãs
Function: noun
Etymology: Middlc English as, from Anglo-Frcnch, from Latin, unit, a coµµcr coin
Datc: 14th ccntury
1 a : a dic facc markcd with onc sµot b : a µlaying card markcd in its ccntcr with onc µiµ c : a
domino cnd markcd with onc sµot
2 : a vcry small amount or dcgrcc : PARTICLE
3 : a µoint scorcd csµccially on a scrvicc (as in tcnnis or handball) that an oµµoncnt fails to touch
4 : a golf scorc of onc strokc on a holc; also : a holc madc in onc strokc
5 : a combat µilot who has brought down at lcast fivc cncmy airµlancs
6 a : a µcrson who cxccls at somcthing _a comµutcr ace; b : thc bcst µitchcr on a bascball tcam _
_thc ace of thc staff;
-ace in the hole
1 : an acc dcalt facc down to a µlaycr (as in stud µokcr) and not cxµoscd until thc showdown
2 : an cffcctivc and dccisivc argumcnt or rcsourcc hcld in rcscrvc
-within an ace of : on thc µoint of : vcry ncar to _camc within an ace of winning;
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