COUP
\kˈuːp], \kˈuːp], \k_ˈuː_p]\
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A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
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A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir.
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Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized by custom as acts of bravery or honor.
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To make a coup.
By Oddity Software
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A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir.
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Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle the doer to count the deed an act of bravery; hence, any of various other deeds recognized by custom as acts of bravery or honor.
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To make a coup.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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