deck

deck (one)

slang To knock one down to the floor or ground with a blow, especially to the face or head. Wow, I can't believe Sarah decked that guy. He was twice her size!
See also: deck
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

deck

1. tv. to knock someone to the ground. Fred decked Bob with one blow.
2. n. a pack of cigarettes. Can you toss me a deck of fags, please?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one) is not playing with a full deck
  • a few cards short of a (full) deck
  • a few cards shy of a (full) deck
  • all hands on deck
  • be not playing with a full deck
  • be one card short of a full deck
  • be one card shy of a (full) deck
  • be several cards short of a (full) deck
  • be several cards short of a full deck
  • cards are stacked against
  • clear the deck
  • clear the deck(s)
  • clear the decks
  • clear the decks, to
  • deck
  • deck (one)
  • deck out
  • deck out with (something)
  • dick
  • few bricks short of a load
  • have the cards stacked against
  • have the deck stacked against
  • have the deck stacked against (someone or something)
  • hit the deck
  • joker in the deck, a
  • not playing with a full deck
  • on deck
  • one card shy of a (full) deck
  • play with a full deck
  • several cards short of a (full) deck
  • shuffle the deck
  • stack the deck
  • stack the deck (against) (someone or something)
  • stack the deck in the favor of (someone or something)
  • the deck is stacked against (someone or something)
References in classic literature
That I should be ground to death between the two was lost upon me as I saw the girl standing alone upon the tug's deck, as I saw the stern high in air and the bow rapidly settling for the final dive, as I saw death from which I could not save her clutching at the skirts of the woman I now knew all too well that I loved.
Instantly he went backward to the deck, and as he did so he threw his arms outwards to save himself, freeing me.
The Land That Time Forgot
Under that colossal threatened impact he crouched down to the deck. Above him, falling upon him like a bolt from the blue, was a winged hawk unthinkably vaster than the one he had encountered.
With spontaneity of admiration, Van Horn swept Jerry from the deck and gathered him into his arms.
Jerry of the Islands
The flier seemed intact except for the missing propellor and the fact that it had been carefully moored in the shelter of the clump of trees indicated that the girl had expected to return to it, while the dust and leaves upon its deck spoke of the long days, and even weeks, since she had landed.
Casting off its lashings he dragged it out from beneath the trees, and, mounting to the deck tested out the various controls.
The Chessmen of Mars
He was a powerful as well as a resolute man, but he had come upon deck without weapons.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain
Then my head came above the deck and I saw Thurid, dagger in hand, leaping toward me.
Warlord of Mars
As the Ghost rolled her side out of water, the boat was lifted snugly against her, and before the return roll came, we had heaved it in over the side and turned it bottom up on the deck. I noticed blood spouting from Kerfoot's left hand.
The Sea Wolf
Her eyes were widespread in an expression of horrified anticipation and fixed directly upon me as I came in sight above the edge of the deck.
The Gods of Mars
Too high it was for him to reach it, but his teeth closed on the flowing black scarf and tore it to tatters as his weight drew him back to deck.
Michael Brother of Jerry
Even as he spoke, however, his head swirled round, and he fell to the deck with the blood gushing from his nose and mouth.
The White Company
From the side glance he gives me when awake it seems as though he were annoyed at being interrupted in some arduous mental operation; and as I emerge on deck the ordered arrangement of the stars meets my eye, un- clouded, infinitely wearisome.
The Shadow Line
Then, without even a glance toward Rokoff and his companion, he continued his stroll along the deck.
The Return of Tarzan
Something struck me on the back of the head, partially stunning me and knocking me to the deck.
South Sea Tales