(intransitive, US, historical) To win prestige in battle by performing an act of bravery in the face of the enemy (such as touching him and escaping unharmed), a ritual of the Plains Indians of North America.

(nonstandard) plural of coup d’état

plural of coupe-gorge

(military) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

(bridge) A coup where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit, ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king or queen.

(informal, politics) A military coup d'état instigated by the military establishment (or a majority of it), not just a faction of the military.

(informal, politics) a military coup d'état instigated by a group of unit commanders, a faction of the military, and not the military establishment

plural of deuce coupe

A coup d'état in which a lawfully-elected head of state seizes power from the other branches of government.

The legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.