coup in English dictionary

  • coup

    Meanings and definitions of "coup"

    • A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.
    • A coup d'état.
    • By extension, a takeover of one group by another.
    • noun
      A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.
    • noun
      (US, historical, of Native Americans)
      A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
    • noun
      A coup d'état.
    • noun
      (by extension)
      A takeover of one group by another.
    • noun
      A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To make a coup.
    • A sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people.
    • quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; triumph
    • coup d'état
    • by extension, a takeover of one group by another
    • noun
      a brilliant and notable success
    • noun
      a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

    Synonyms of "coup" in English dictionary

    putsch, takeover, group action are the top synonyms of "coup" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of coup

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza coup, lm  liczba mnoga coups
    • coup ( plural  coups)
    • coup (plural coups)
    • coup (third-person singular simple present coups, present participle couping, simple past and past participle couped)
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