Definition of "ace" in Anglais

noun

1. (card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.

2. (dice games) A die face marked with a single dot, typically representing the number one.

3. The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games.

4. (US, slang) A dollar bill.

5. A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

6. (tennis, volleyball) A serve won without the opponent hitting the ball.

7. (sports) A point won by a single stroke, as in handball, rackets, etc.

8. (US, baseball) The best pitcher on the team.

9. (US, baseball, dated, 19th century) A run.

10. (US, golf, disc golf) A hole in one.

11. (sometimes attributive) An expert at something; a maverick, genius; a person of supreme talent.

    • an ace detective

12. A military aircraft pilot who is credited with shooting down many enemy aircraft, typically five or more.

13. (US) A perfect score on a school exam.

14. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.

15. (physics, obsolete) A quark.

verb

1. (transitive, US, informal) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly.

2. (ambitransitive, US, informal) To defeat (others) in a contest; to outdo (others) in a competition.

3. (ambitransitive, tennis) To win a point against (an opponent) by an ace.

4. (golf) To make an ace (hole in one).

adjective

1. (UK, slang) Excellent.

adjective

1. (slang) Asexual, not experiencing sexual attraction.

   • “I was 14 when I first realized I had no interest in sex,” Jed Strohm, a happily satisfied, romantic asexual from upstate New York, said. “I identified as ace (asexual) and the group leader said I was too attractive.”

noun

1. (slang) A person who is asexual.