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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024coup1 /ku/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. coups (ko̅o̅z).- a highly successful, unexpected act or move:It was quite a coup to get the Russian hockey star to come and play in New York.
- Anthropology(among the Plains Indians of North America) a daring deed performed in battle by a warrior.
- Government coup d'état.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coup1 (ko̅o̅),USA pronunciation n., pl. coups (ko̅o̅z; Fr. ko̅o̅).USA pronunciation - a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move;
a clever action or accomplishment. - Anthropology(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.
- GovernmentSee coup d'état.
- Anthropology, Idioms count coup, (among Plains Indians of North America)
- to perform a coup.
- to recount or relate the coups one has performed.
- Greek kólaphos
- Late Latin colpus, Latin colaphus
- French: literally, blow, stroke, Old French colp
- 1640–50
- Scottish Termsoverturn;
upset.
- Old Norse kaupa to buy, barter; cognate with Old English cēapian, German kaufen. See cheap
- Middle English coupe to pay for 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coup /kuː/ n - a brilliant and successful stroke or action
- short for coup d'état
Etymology: 18th Century: from French: blow, from Latin colaphus blow with the fist, from Greek kolaphos |