Coup

Definition: Coup

Coup

Noun

1. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.

2. A brilliant and notable success.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "coup" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Etymology: Coup \Coup\, noun. [French, frrom Latin colaphus a cuff, Greek.]. (references)

Literature

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Synonyms: Coup

Action

Deed, act, overt act, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan).

Instantaneity

Moment, instant, second, minute; twinkling, trice, flash, breath, crack, jiffy, coup, burst, flash of lightning, stroke of time.

Plan

Measure, step; stroke, stroke of policy; master stroke; trump card, court card; cheval de bataille, great gun; coup, coup d'etat; clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke; bright thought, bright idea.

Crosswords: Coup

French (bang, blow, bump, coup, cut, draught, drink, go, hit, infliction, jab, jabbing, kick, knock, lash, move, shock, shot, slug, sock, stroke, tank, throw, thrust, wallop), German (coup).

But it ain't too goddamned beau coup. (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

And after you glorious coup, what then (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

A bloody coup! (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

Coup pour coup (1972)

Le Coup de grâce (1965)

Un coup dans l'aile (1963)

Le Coup de bambou (1963)

Coup dur chez les mous (1956)

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Books

• Coup De Grace (reference)

• UN Coup d Oeil: Sur LA France (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Coup De Foudre (reference)

• Coup De Pouce (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Coup de Torchon - Criterion Collection (reference)

• Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (reference)

• Coup D'etat (Zamach Stanu) (reference)

• Le Coup De Grace (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Coup de Grace (reference)

• Coup De Grace [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

• Coup de Grace/Where Angels Fear to Tread (reference)

• Coup de Chapeau (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 16. Coup de vent, pres des Iles Powell, le 27 Janvier 1838. Parages Antarctiques. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

The walrus "coup." Eskimo lancing the exhausted walrus Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea. Mahlemut dresses, bidarka, baidar, &c. Drawing by H. W. Elliott. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Encore un Coup de Vent. / Genty, Editeur, rue St. Jacques No. 33 Lith. de A. Cheyère. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Coup de grace. Credit: Library of Congress.

Whose side are you on? : since the military coup in September 1973 ... : boycott Chilean goods!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Children

Sierra Leone

Ethnic differences also did not appear to contribute appreciably to the RUF rebellion, the 1997 coup, or the civil conflict. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

However, after the 1999 coup, journalists reported no attempts by the ISPR agencies to influence editorial content. (references)

Gambia

Jammeh made the threat during a meeting with members of the APRC youth wing on the anniversary of the July 22 coup that brought him to power. (references)

Economic History

Honduras

Lopez staged another coup. (references)

Sudan

Suwar al-Dahab mounted a coup. (references)

Nigeria

The transition resumed after the failed coup. (references)

Human Rights

Togo

Minister of Interior General Sizing Walla accused Olympio of plotting a coup. (references)

Central African Republic

Some of those detained following the coup attempt may be political detainees. (references)

Pakistan

Many of the officials who were arrested following the coup were held incommunicado. (references)

Minorities

Burundi

In 1996 Major Pierre Buyoya, a southern Tutsi, deposed President Ntibantunganya, a central Hutu, in a coup. (references)

Fiji

The post-1987 coup Government initiated a number of constitutional and other measures to ensure ethnic Fijian control of the executive and legislative branches. (references)

Political Economy

Sierra Leone

The AFRC, which staged the 1997 military coup, no longer exists. (references)

Political Rights

Comoros

This coup was suppressed, and the leaders of the coup were detained. (references)

Pakistan

Sindh was under Governor's rule from November 1998 until the October 1999 coup. (references)

Comoros

In March 2000, dissident political and army elements attempted a coup against Azali. (references)

Women

Fiji

However, following the attempted coup in 2000 and the resulting general sense of lawlessness and downturn in the economy, reports of domestic violence and police brutality against women increased. (references)

Worker Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Since the 1999 coup, the CNSP and the Labor Ministry arbitrated more than 80 labor-related conflicts. (references)

Central African Republic

Despite the nonpayment, union leaders encouraged their colleagues to keep working following the coup attempt. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "coup": abortive coup ♦ abortive coup d'etat ♦ attempted coup ♦ coup de grace ♦ coup de main ♦ Coup de soleil ♦ coup de theatre ♦ coup de vent ♦ coup detat ♦ coup d'etat ♦ Coup d''etat ♦ coup doeil ♦ Coup d'oeil ♦ give a coup de gr_ce ♦ military coup ♦ pull off a coup. Additional references.

Beginning with "coup": coup-de-grace, coup-mongers, coup-prone, coup-ridden.

Ending with "coup": post-coup.

Albanian

krim i organizuar mirë, goditje e befasishme. (various references)

Arabic 

‏ضربة موفقة, ‏خطوة مفاجئة, ‏إنقلاب (coup d'etat, inverse, inversion, reversal, revolution, topsy-turvydom, upheaval, vicissitude). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сполучлив удар, пряко попадение на топка, победа (battle, defeat, victory, winning), държавен преврат. (various references)

Chinese 

�"�變 (coup d'etat). (various references)

Czech

skvìlý kousek, úder (beat, blow, buffet, bump, chop, dash, hit, percussion, push, rap, shock, stroke, swipe, thrust). (various references)

Danish

statskuppet. (various references)

Dutch

staatsgreep. (various references)

Farsi 

کودتا, ضربت (Bat, Bob, Buff, Buffet, Bump, Contusion, Crack, Hack, Hew, Impact, Jar, Jolt, Jow, Knock, Percussion, Plunk, Pounce, Pound, Slap, Stroke, Swat, Thump, Thwack, Whack, Yerk), برهم زدن (Bash, Derange, Disarrange, Disband, Disorder, Disturb, Ruffle, Tousle, Unsettle). (various references)

Finnish

valtiokeikaus, vallankaappaus, kaappaus (capture, hijacking). (various references)

French

coup d'Etat (coup d'etat), coup (count), beau coup. (various references)

German

Streich (blow, caper, escapade, frolic, hoax, joke, prank, slash, stroke, sweep, trick), staatsstreich (coup d'etat), Schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, blow, bolt, buffet, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, cuff, fit, helping, hit, kick, kind, knock, lash, Pat, pelt, percussion, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, stinger, strike, stripe, stroke, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, type, wallop), putsch (coup d'etat, putsch, revolt). (various references)

Greek 

πραξικόπημα (coup d'ιtat, putsch). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"פיכ�" (change, conversion, coup d'etat, reversal, revolt, revolution). (various references)

Hungarian

vakmerõ tett, vakmerő tett, vakmerő sakkhúzás, vakmerő csíny, vakmerő akció, puccs (coup d'état, putsch), merész tett, merész sakkhúzás, merész csíny, merész akció, merész (adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, daring, enterprising, foolhardy, hazardous, intrepid, parlous, plucky, presumptuous, risky, valiant, valorous, venturesome, Venturous). (various references)

Indonesian

mengkudeta (carry coup d'etat), kudeta (coup d'etat). (various references)

Italian

colpo maestro, colpo di stato (coup d'etat, putsch), colpo audace, mossa brillante. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�変 , ギルド社会主義 (cookie, cooky, coup d'etat, coupe, coupon, gingham, guild socialism, guillotine). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいへ�" (change of times, main part of a book), クーデター (coup d'etat). (various references)

Manx

eaght. (various references)

Pig Latin

oupcay.(various references)

Portuguese

jogada (move, shot, stroke), golpe de Estado (coup d'etat), golpe (bat, biff, blast, blow, bop, cut, dint, drive, floorer, hit, jab, knock, mouthful, putsch, scotch, smasher, sockdolager, stroke, swat), estratagema (artifice, craftiness, device, elusion, feint, fetch, finesse, fraud, maneuver, manoeuvre, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, trickery, wile). (various references)

Romanian

rãsturna (capsize, invert, lay low, overthrow, overturn, reverse, rummage, scatter, snooker, spill, subvert, throw down, tilt, topple, tumble, turn, upset), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

удачный ход, удача в делах. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

genijalan potez. (various references)

Spanish

golpe fuerte (drive, staggerer, swat, swinger, swipe), golpe de Estado (coup d'etat, putsch), golpe (bang, bat, belt, blow, buffet, concussion, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, poke, prod, shock, shot, slam, smack, strike, stroke, wallop), ataque con los brazos. (various references)

Swedish

kupp (robbery). (various references)

Turkish

hükümet darbesi (coup d'etat), darbe (bash, beat, biff, blow, brunt, bump, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy), başarılı vuruş, askeri darbe. (various references)

Ukrainian

удача в справах, вдалий хід (masterstroke), перекинутися (go over, purl), перекинути, перевернути (blow over). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc l� m táo bạo, h� nh động phi thường. (various references)

kolaphos. (various references)

colaphus. (various references)

colp. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "coup": coupe, couped, coupes, couping, couple, coupled, couplement, couplements, coupler, couplers, couples, couplet, couplets, coupling, couplings, coupon, couponing, couponings, coupons, coups. (additional references)

Words ending with "coup": beaucoup, countercoup, postcoup, precoup, recoup. (additional references)

Words containing "coup": countercoups, decoupage, decoupaged, decoupages, decoupaging, decouple, decoupled, decouples, decoupling, intercouple, recoupable, recoupe, recouped, recouping, recouple, recoupled, recouples, recoupling, recoupment, recoupments, recoups, thermocouple, thermocouples, uncouple, uncoupled, uncoupler, uncouplers, uncouples, uncoupling. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Coup" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boup, caux, chup, Ciapp, Ciip, Cnup, cogu, copp, cosp, cou, coub, coud, Couepia, couf, coui, coul, coum, coun, cour, couw, coux, couz, cowp, Ctup, cuo, cupo, Cupp, cupu, cupw, doup, goup, kou, ocop, ocu, Shoup, youp. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cop, cup, upo.

-2 letters: op, up.

+1 letter: coupe, coups, coypu, croup, pouch.

+2 letters: cockup, copout, copula, corpus, couped, coupes, couple, coupon, coypou, coypus, croupe, croups, croupy, cupola, lockup, mockup, occupy, oilcup, pouchy, pounce, recoup, upcoil.

+3 letters: capouch, closeup, cockups, compute, copihue, copious, copouts, copulae, copular, copulas, corrupt, couping, coupled, coupler, couples, couplet, coupons, coverup, coypous, croupes, cupolas, cuprous, lockups, mockups, occiput, octopus, octuple, octuply, oilcups, outcrop, outpace, pachuco, piceous, potluck, pouched, pouches, pounced, pouncer, pounces, precoup, procure, produce, product, puccoon, recoupe, recoups, scopula, soupcon, touchup, upcoast, upcoils.