Definitions
a serve that the receiver is unable to reach
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English as, from Old French as, from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”), probably borrowed from Etruscan. Doublet of as.
Used in a sentence
“Ace in the corner.”
“[…] maybe two or three twenties, a dozen tens, and twenty or thirty fins. The rest is all aces and silver.”
“If they got too many aces (dollar bills) or fives or tens, they turned them in to the vault where they became part of the reserve.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer15 curated clues
01“Card above king”3 letters
02“Excellent performer”3 letters
03“Expert in a field”3 letters
04“Expert pilot”3 letters
05“Expert, informally”3 letters
06“High card or expert”3 letters
07“Pilot with skill”3 letters
08“Serve no one returns”3 letters
09“Tennis serve winner”3 letters
10“Top card or expert”3 letters
11“Top playing card”3 letters
12“Top-ranking card”3 letters
13“Score a service”3 letters
14“Top card”3 letters
15“Top grade”3 letters
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