1) Bit of brilliance 2) Bridge maneuver 3) Bridge play 4) Brilliant accomplishment 5) Brilliant act 6) Brilliant maneuver 7) Brilliant move 8) Brilliant stratagem 9) Brilliant stroke 10) Brilliant success 11) Clever accomplishment 12) Clever action 13) Clever deed 14) Clever maneuver 15) Clever move
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1) Countercoup 2) Putsch 3) Takeover 4) Victory
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[bridge] In contract bridge, coup is a generic name for various techniques in play, denoting a specific pattern in the lie and the play of cards; it is a special play maneuver by declarer. There are various types of coup which can be effected. == Pure Coups == There are many coups which the opponents can do little to prevent. The original c...
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also Cut-Over. Another indirect attack, being an attack or deception that passes around the opponent's tip. Following a feint, the blade is pulled up and over the opponent's parrying blade. Use of the fingers and wrist ONLY is permitted, since moving the blade backwards at any time during this move invalidates the established right-of-way. Done in ...
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• (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. • (n.) Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by custom to entitle th...
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[Noun] Short for the French term coup d�etat. It is a word for when a government is suddenly or violently overthrown.
Example: The rebels staged a successful coup.
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(koo) French word meaning a blow or attack. coup de sabre (dә sahb´) linear scleroderma on the forehead or scalp, so-called because of its resemblance to the scar of a saber wound.
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A coup is a unit of coppice that is felled at one time. For example a coppice rotation with a 6 year cycle may have 6 coupes which are felled in order so that there is a harvest of timber every year for the coppice worker to market.
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Coup (kō)
noun 1. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal at rouge et noir. [ Cant]
2. Among some tribes of North American Indians, the act of striking or touching an enemy in warfare with the hand or at close quarters, as with a short stick, in such a manner as by...
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Coup noun [ French, from Latin
colaphus a cuff, Greek .............] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
Coup de grace (k......' d
e gr...s') [ French],
the stroke of mercy with whi...
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Coup intransitive verb To make a coup. « Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance to coup !» F. Remington.
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to exchange.
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[n] - a brilliant and notable success
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a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment. · (among the Plains Indians of North America) a brave or reckless deed performed in battle by a single warrior, as touching or striking an enemy warrior without sustaining injury oneself. · See · (among Plains Indians of North America) ·...
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[ASVAB glossary] a sudden and decisive change of government by force
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[SAT terms] a sudden and decisive change of government by force
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a sudden and decisive change of government by force
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