two-up

tu ʌp

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Definition of two-up - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

gambling

Rare

game of chance with two coins

Rare

They played two-up at the Anzac Day event.
Two-up is a popular game on Anzac Day.
He learned to play two-up from his grandfather.

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Expressions with two-up

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two-up formation

military arrangement with two units side by side

The soldiers advanced in a two-up formation.

Origin of two-up

English, two (number) + up (direction)

Terms with two-up included in their meaning

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double

adj.

pair

made up of two matching elements

twenty-four

collection

group made up of two dozen items

pair of tongs

utensil

tool with two hinged legs for gripping or picking up objects

push together

dating

set up two people to form a relationship

complementary angles

mathematics

two angles whose measures add up to 90 degrees

double-team

informal

gang up on someone with two people

pitch and roll

vehicle motion

movement or position around two axes, up-down and side-side

static discharge

physics

sudden release of built-up electric charge between two objects

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French:jeu de pile ou face, ...
German:Münzwurfspiel, ...
Italian:two-up, ...
Spanish:cara o cruz, ...
Portuguese:jogo das duas moedas, ...
Chinese:双硬币游戏, ...
Japanese:ツーアップ, ...
Arabic:لعبة العملتين, ...
Hebrew:מִשְׂחַק הַטָּלַת שְׁתֵּי מַטְבְּעוֹת, ...
Russian:игра с двумя монетами, ...
Ukrainian:ту-ап, ...
Hindi:दो-सिक्का, ...
Bengali:টু-আপ, ...
Catalan:cara o creu, ...
Czech:hazardní hra se dvěma mincemi, ...
Danish:spil med to mønter, ...
Dutch:two-up, ...
Greek:παιχνίδι με νομίσματα, ...
Hungarian:kétérmés szerencsejáték, ...
Khmer:ល្បែងភ្នាល់បោះកាក់ពីរ, ...
Korean:투업, ...
Persian:دو-آپ, ...
Polish:two-up, ...
Portuguese (BR):cara ou coroa, ...
Romanian:joc cu două monede, ...
Swedish:myntspel, ...
Thai:เกมเสี่ยงโชคที่ใช้เหรียญสองเหรียญ, ...
Turkish:iki-yüz, ...
Vietnamese:trò chơi hai đồng xu, ...

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