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coup
1[ koo ]
noun
- a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment.
- (among the Plains Indians of North America) a brave or reckless deed performed in battle by a single warrior, as touching or striking an enemy warrior without sustaining injury oneself.
coup
2[ kohp, koop ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to overturn; upset.
coup
1/ kaʊp /
verb
- to barter; traffic; deal
coup
2/ kuː /
noun
- a brilliant and successful stroke or action
- See coup d'étatshort for coup d'état
coup
3/ kaʊp /
verb
- to turn or fall over
noun
- a rubbish tip
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Origin of coup1
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Idioms and Phrases
- count coup, (among Plains Indians of North America)
- to perform a coup.
- to recount or relate the coups one has performed.
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Example Sentences
As it happened, the coup members found the State House “fortified with additional soldiers.”
Most coup members “lived in the diaspora in the United States and Germany,” Faal said.
That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.
Perhaps in part because it was an FBI coup, the CIA stepped in with its high-priced psychologist.
Had the coup succeeded, the Qatar problem might have become still worse than it is.
Le lendemain matin, un coup de vent l'emporta tout seul dehors de la chaloupe dans les vagues, et jamais depuis, n'est apparu.
My coup-d'œil assured me that it was practicable to give to this feature the character of a projecting under-jaw.
On ne peut arracher tout d'un coup les coutumes & faons de faire inveteres d'un peuple quel que ce soit.
Calm under fire, he possessed a sure and penetrating coup d'œil; he had great experience in war.
Constantinople serait directement menacé par ce coup retentissant.
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