coup
IPA: kˈu
noun
- A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
- (US, historical, of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
- A coup d'état.
- (by extension) A takeover of one group by another.
- A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
- (bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a coup.
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Examples of "coup" in Sentences
- Little is known of the planning of the coup.
- The details of the attempted coup are unclear.
- The goal of the invasion was to stop the coup.
- Gatineau was the host of the 2006 Coupe Dodge.
- By the time of the coup he was allegedly bankrupt.
- He was one of the principal tacticians in the coup.
- The convertible coupe and the limosine are featured prominently.
- The coup was not the beginning of Naidu's criticism of the Military.
- The Caprice was available as the sport coupe or as the Landau coupe.
- The coup was swiftly followed by the Turkish military invasion of Cyprus.