coups

We have found lemma(root) word of coups : coup.

Definitions


[kuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government
(e.g: he was overthrown in an army coup)

- an instance of successfully achieving something difficult
(e.g: it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract)

- a direct pocketing of the cue ball, which is a foul stroke

- (among some Indigenous peoples of North America) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it


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Origin:
late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus ‘blow’ (see cope)




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