simple past tense and past participle of count coup

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of count coup

plural of coup stick

(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