C1 noun #12,117 most common

coup

UK /kuː/ | US /kuː/

A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.

coup in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
  • (noun) (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
  • (noun) A coup d'état.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
  2. 2
    noun (of Native Americans) A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery.
  3. 3
    noun A coup d'état.
  4. 4
    noun (by extension) A takeover of one group by another.
  5. 5
    noun A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
  6. 6
    noun One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.
  7. 7
    verb To make a coup.

Synonyms

putsch triumph
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