Definitions for coup
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. coup d'etat, coup, putsch, takeovernoun

   a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

2. coupnoun

   a brilliant and notable success

GCIDERate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Coupnoun

   A sudden stroke delivered with promptness and force; -- used also in various ways to convey the idea of an unexpected, clever, and successful tactic or stratagem.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. coupnoun

   A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act; a triumph.

2. coupnoun

   A coup d'état.

3. coupnoun

   By extension, a takeover of one group by another.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coup

   A coup d'état ( (listen); French for 'stroke of state'; plural coups d'état (same pronunciation)), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, military, or a dictator. Many scholars consider a coup successful when the usurpers seize and hold power for at least seven days.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coupnoun

   a sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force

2. Etymology: [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. ko`lafos.]

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1. Coup

   Coup is the debut album by The New Regime, which is a solo project by Ilan Rubin, the previous drummer of Welsh band Lostprophets and current drummer of Angels and Airwaves. Ilan recorded all 10 tracks himself on all instruments, including vocals. In addition to the songs found over the last few months on his Myspace page, he recorded two additional songs for this album. It was released on November 18, 2008 as a digital download on digital music stores such as iTunes, Amazon and eMusic. It was also released as a free download on the official Nine Inch Nails web site. A follow-up to Coup was released three years later in April 2011 and is called Speak Through The White Noise.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Coup

   kōō, n. a blow, stroke, a successful hit: (billiards) the act of putting a ball in a pocket without having hit another ball.—Coup d'état, a sudden or violent stroke of state policy, as that by which Louis Napoleon subverted the constitution (Dec. 2, 1851); Coup de grâce, the finishing blow by which a tortured man is put out of pain, any decisive stroke generally; Coup de main, a sudden and overpowering attack; Coup de maître, a master-stroke; Coup de théâtre, a sudden and sensational turn in a piece: Coup d'œil, a general view of a scene or subject taken in at a glance. [Fr.,—L.,—colaphos, a blow.]

2. Coup

   kowp, v.t. to exchange or barter.—n. Coup′er, a dealer. [Scot., from Ice., kaupa, to buy.]

3. Coup

   kowp, v.t. to overturn. [Scot.; perh. originally the same word as Cope.]

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1. coup

   Song lyrics by coup -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by coup on the Lyrics.com website.

2. COUP

   What does COUP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COUP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. COUP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Coup is ranked #45253 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Coup surname appeared 473 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Coup.
   
   97.8% or 463 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Group Action
   • Success

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coup' in Nouns Frequency: #2030

How to pronounce coup?

1. Alex

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coup in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of coup in a Sentence

1. Tom Davis:

   [A speakership coup] would be the worse thing that could happen to the party. It would show they can't govern their own caucus, let alone the government, when people unhappy with Obama look to Republicans for a governing party, this is the last thing they want to see.

2. Ben Cardin:

   I don’t know of anyone in the Senate that supports the coup.

3. Yanghee Lee:

   It is a failed coup, the coup has not succeeded in the past year. And that is why they are taking even more drastic measures to finish out the coup.

4. Khin Soe Soe Kyi:

   This violates the human rights of the whole citizenry. This is not a coup. This is a treason against the government. I will have to say that this is state treason.

5. Aykan Erdemir:

   Although last July the Turkish government lifted the state of emergency that it had introduced in the aftermath of the 2016 coup attempt.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=coup
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=coup
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coup
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coup
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coup
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=coup
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html