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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Villanelle :: Villanelle (n.) A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close..
Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To move toward a person or couple, and then back..
Jugated :: Jugated (a.) Coupled together.
Couple :: Couple (v.) To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join..
Distich :: Distich (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
Couple :: Couple (v. i.) To come together as male and female; to copulate.
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..
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Recouper :: Recouper (n.) One who recoups.
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
Recoupment :: Recoupment (n.) The act of recouping.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
Copulative :: Copulative (a.) Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like and..
Stapedial :: Stanzaic (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form..
Coupon :: Coupon (n.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..
Couple :: Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market..
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
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