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▸ 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.
▸ noun: (bridge) One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make a coup.
▸ verb: (transitive) To empty out, overturn, or tilt, such as from a cart or wheelbarrow.
▸ verb: (informal, transitive) To subject a nation to a coup d'état.
Similar:
putsch,
takeover,
coup de force,
coup de main,
coup de théâtre,
coup d'état,
coup de theatre,
autocoup,
coupmaking,
coup de grâce,
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military,
abortive,
bloodless,
communist,
successful,
second,
major,
political,
counter,
grand,
bloody
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