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fan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • damn interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  • deuce noun A playing card or die face showing two.
  • devil noun In Christian and Jewish tradition, the supreme evil spirit; Satan.
  • fan noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.

Senses

fan is used for these senses in English:

  • damn (sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.
  • deuce (epithet) The Devil, used in exclamations of confusion or anger.
  • fan A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
  • the hell (mildly, vulgar) Expletive used for emphasis, typically after an interrogative term or relative pronoun.
  • what the hell (mildly, vulgar, slang) Indicating acceptance, indulgence, or insouciance: Why not? Who cares?

damn — full definition

  1. interjection Used to express anger, frustration, or surprise.
  2. adverb Used to intensify a statement, similar to "very" or "extremely."
  3. verb To condemn or criticize harshly.

deuce — full definition

  1. noun A playing card or die face showing two.
  2. noun In tennis, a tied score (40-40) requiring a two-point lead to win the game.

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