Definition of coup

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Coup (n.) 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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Coupure :: Coupure (n.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged.
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
Elegiac :: Elegiac (a.) Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter..
Distich :: Distich (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
Binate :: Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
But :: But (v. t.) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt..
Capling :: Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel..
Boss :: Boss (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another..
Iambus :: Iambus (n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n..
Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy..
Recouper :: Recouper (n.) One who recoups.
Quadrille :: Quadrille (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set..
Coupable :: Coupable (a.) Culpable.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Hate :: Hate (v.) Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; -- opposed to love..
Rigadoon :: Rigadoon (n.) A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France..
Double :: Double (a.) Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled..
Uncouple :: Uncouple (v. i.) To roam at liberty.
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus..
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