deck

deck1 [ dek ] noun count **

▸ 1 part of ship you walk on

▸ 2 level of vehicle/stadium

▸ 3 wood floor behind house

▸ 4 set of cards for games

▸ 5 tape deck/cassette deck

▸ 6 for records

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) the outside top part of a ship that you can walk on:

on deck: A lot of passengers were sitting up on deck.

below deck (=inside and at a lower level than the deck): John stayed below deck in his cabin.

2. ) one of the levels on a ship, train, or STADIUM:

upper/lower deck: the first-class cabins on the upper deck

We had seats in the upper deck for the Dodgers game.

3. ) a wooden floor that is built onto the outside of the back of a house

4. ) a set of cards used for playing card games. British usually pack

5. ) a TAPE DECK or a CASSETTE DECK

6. ) decks plural the turntables (=flat round parts of a record player) that DJs use for MIXING records on

all hands on deck

used for saying that everyone must help because there is an emergency

clear the decks INFORMAL

to do work that you need to do before you can do other things

hit the deck INFORMAL

to fall or throw yourself to the ground

on deck

ready for action, especially as the next BATTER (=someone who hits the ball) in baseball:

Who's on deck?

deck

deck 2 [ dek ] verb transitive

1. ) INFORMAL to hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground

2. ) same as DECK OUT

,deck `out phrasal verb transitive

to decorate a person or object with something, usually for a special occasion:

The streets are decked out with flags and streamers.