number two

English

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Adjective

number two (not comparable)

  1. (US, law enforcement) White, Caucasian.

Noun

number two (countable and uncountable, plural number twos)

  1. (euphemistic, usually childish) Feces; the act of defecation.
    I need to go number two.
  2. (nautical, slang) A first mate.
  3. A primary assistant; vice-leader.
    After she had shown great promise over the last 10 years, he made her his number two.
  4. (cricket) The batsman who opens alongside the number one, but does not face the first delivery.
  5. (soccer) A backup goalkeeper.
    • 2025 April 15, Simon Stone, “Why Amorim's next move on Onana is a big call”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Head coach Ruben Amorim will be asked by media on Wednesday who will start in goal for their crucial Europa League quarter-final with Lyon, Onana or United's latest scapegoat, number two Altay Bayindir.
  6. (soccer) A right back.
    • 2015 December 30, Mike Simmonds, quoting Stephen O’Donnell, “O’Donnell wants to make right back slot his own”, in Luton Today‎[2]:
      I came down here to cement the number two position, the right back role and I’ve not really managed to do that.
  7. (theater) A somewhat small town, between a number one and a number three, where the success of a theatrical performance is unlikely to be very great.
  8. A pencil with hardness level 2.
    • 2012, Sandra Kring, A Life of Bright Ideas, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 287:
      They say you should be able to slip a pencil under your boob and if it doesn’t fall out, you’re too saggy. Shit, I could stick a whole box of number twos under these girls and keep them there until next semester.
    • 2012, Lauren Morrill, Meant to Be, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 108:
      I reach into my bag, pull out my pencil case, and offer Jason one of my fully sharpened number twos.
    • 2015, Sheila Turnage, “Friday Night Miracle”, in The Odds of Getting Even, Kathy Dawson Books, →ISBN, page 234:
      “I’ll need pencils, preferably number twos,” I told Miss Rose, who, for some reason, had not budged.
  9. (Philippines) mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations)
  10. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see number,‎ two.

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Derived terms

  • do number two, go number two

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