deck

noun

• 1a structure of planks or plates, approximately horizontal, extending across a ship or boat at any of various levels, especially one of those at the highest level and open to the weather:he stood on the deck of his flagship
• a floor or platform resembling or compared to a ship’s deck, especially the floor of a pier or a platform for sunbathing.
• a platformlike structure, typically made of lumber and unroofed, attached to a house or other building:they cooked hamburgers on the deck adjoining the living room
• a level of a large, open building, especially a sports stadium:Jeter hit an enormous home run into the upper deck
• (the deck) informal the ground or floor:there was a big thud when I hit the deck
• the flat part of a skateboard or snowboard.

• 2a component or unit in sound-reproduction equipment that incorporates a playing or recording mechanism for discs or tapes:the car has cruise control and a tape deck

• 3chiefly North American a pack of cards:shuffle the deck
• North American informal a packet of narcotics.

verb

• 1 (usually be decked) decorate or adorn brightly or festively:Ingrid was decked out in her Sunday best

• 2 informal knock (someone) to the ground with a punch.