Definition of coup in English:

coup

nounPlural coups kuːku

1A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
政变
he was overthrown in an army coup
他在军事政变中被推翻了。
Example sentencesExamples
- They claimed she was making strange demands of the budget, she claimed it was a coup d'état by radical prohibitionists who had infiltrated the organization.
- If there was some sort of coup, when did it take place?
- The country's all-powerful military, which has seized power in three coups since 1960, sees staunch secularism as a pillar of the state.
- Nigeria's history is tainted with the blood of its citizens in everything from civil strife to military coups to ethnic skirmishes among the country's 200-or-so tribes.
- There are reports coming out of that region of a possible military coup.
- In the last year, three general strikes called to protest against the president, protests in the streets, people killed, and one attempted coup.
- Independence came in 1957, and nine years later came the first military coup.
- It is perhaps simplest to speak of a creeping military coup.
- It doesn't necessarily happen all at once, or as the result of a traditional military coup d' état.
- I think this coup would look more like the failed 1963 effort than like 1968, and has the potential to roil the country and the region for decades.
- This development in turn would almost certainly provoke another military coup to prevent it from happening.
- There's a rumor that there's been some kind of coup or civil war there.
- ‘The military coup is today almost exclusively an African phenomenon’, he said.
- From the moment he stood on a tank in August 1991 to face down an attempted Communist coup, Yeltsin was championed by the West as Russia's great hope.
- Earlier this year more than 70 suspected mercenaries were arrested for their alleged plan to help carry out that coup.
- What drives the story are the aftershocks of this failed coup.
- A year ago, they came close to that goal when a general strike they organized became the pretext for a brief military coup.
- These months following October's bloodless coup have been eventful indeed.
- This was the coup d'état of his grandfather Louis XV and chancellor Maupeou against the parlements.
- In November he precipitated a second coup d'état.
Synonyms
seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change
bloodless coup, palace revolution
rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot
French coup d'état, jacquerie
German putsch
2An instance of successfully achieving something difficult.
it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract
能够签订那么重要的合同是一大成功。
Example sentencesExamples
- Make no mistake: they have pulled off a major coup and reconfirmed their role as the mainstay of the nation's broadcasting.
- The company, which is developing medical treatments for a number of diseases, announced that it planned to expand its Irish facility in a major coup for Cork.
- If the deal is successful, it would be a major coup for the galleries, putting its collection of modern art on a par with London's Tate Modern.
- They pulled off a coup and the achievement should not be under-rated.
- His selection as President by the Supreme Court in 2000 was a presidential and judicial coup.
- If he's cleared, it'll be a massive publicity coup for him.
- This may prove to have been the biggest marketing coup of all.
- A young man who scored a major coup by being elected to both local authorities having had difficulties in getting nominated.
- For some it was a massive publicity coup for the county town to host such a prestigious event.
- His appointment by the school management is regarded as a major coup in the context of securing the services of a high profile sporting figure.
- There was a group of investors in this coup, and like all investors, what they hope to do is make a great deal of money out of their investment.
- The merger itself was a coup of sorts.
- And the first major media entity to cover it in depth will score a major coup.
- Acknowledging his lack of clothing experience, he has concentrated on getting the stores right while scoring two major coups in recruiting experts to oversee the fashion.
- The actor has worked a lot recently, but he counts this role of playing his bodybuilding idol among his best-ever casting coups.
- And they comforted themselves with the knowledge that if the court had not intervened, they would have scored a major coup.
- I mean it's an extraordinary journalistic coup.
- That's really the lesson of this latest intelligence coup.
- Capturing him was a major coup for the Russians.
- Two of the greatest Second World War intelligence coups were achieved by the Russians.
Synonyms
success, triumph, feat, successful manoeuvre, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, master stroke, stroke of genius
scoop
French tour de force
1. 2.1 An unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play.
  （打牌中）出乎意料却成功的策略
3Billiards
A direct pocketing of the cue ball, which is a foul stroke.
〔台球〕主球径自入袋
4historical (among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it.
〈史〉（北美印第安人中）触碰敌人（以示勇气）；抢先触碰敌人的物品（以示占有）

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus 'blow' (see cope¹).

cope from Middle English:
Nowadays to cope with something is to manage or deal with it effectively, but the word used to mean ‘to meet in battle’ or ‘to come to blows’. Its source is the Latin word colpus ‘a blow’, which is also the root of coup (Late Middle English), ‘a sudden seizure of power from a government’ often used in its French form coup d'état (mid 17th century). Coppice (Late Middle English), woodland where the trees have regularly been cut back, and its shortening copse (late 16th century) also go back to colpus, from the idea that they have been cut back with blows.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo

Definition of coup in US English:

coup

nounkuko͞o

1A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
政变
he was overthrown in an army coup
他在军事政变中被推翻了。
Example sentencesExamples
- This was the coup d'état of his grandfather Louis XV and chancellor Maupeou against the parlements.
- The country's all-powerful military, which has seized power in three coups since 1960, sees staunch secularism as a pillar of the state.
- I think this coup would look more like the failed 1963 effort than like 1968, and has the potential to roil the country and the region for decades.
- What drives the story are the aftershocks of this failed coup.
- This development in turn would almost certainly provoke another military coup to prevent it from happening.
- If there was some sort of coup, when did it take place?
- These months following October's bloodless coup have been eventful indeed.
- There's a rumor that there's been some kind of coup or civil war there.
- In the last year, three general strikes called to protest against the president, protests in the streets, people killed, and one attempted coup.
- There are reports coming out of that region of a possible military coup.
- In November he precipitated a second coup d'état.
- It doesn't necessarily happen all at once, or as the result of a traditional military coup d' état.
- A year ago, they came close to that goal when a general strike they organized became the pretext for a brief military coup.
- They claimed she was making strange demands of the budget, she claimed it was a coup d'état by radical prohibitionists who had infiltrated the organization.
- Independence came in 1957, and nine years later came the first military coup.
- Earlier this year more than 70 suspected mercenaries were arrested for their alleged plan to help carry out that coup.
- It is perhaps simplest to speak of a creeping military coup.
- From the moment he stood on a tank in August 1991 to face down an attempted Communist coup, Yeltsin was championed by the West as Russia's great hope.
- ‘The military coup is today almost exclusively an African phenomenon’, he said.
- Nigeria's history is tainted with the blood of its citizens in everything from civil strife to military coups to ethnic skirmishes among the country's 200-or-so tribes.
Synonyms
seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change
2A notable or successful stroke or move.
妙举；成功的行动
it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract
能够签订那么重要的合同是一大成功。
Example sentencesExamples
- His appointment by the school management is regarded as a major coup in the context of securing the services of a high profile sporting figure.
- If the deal is successful, it would be a major coup for the galleries, putting its collection of modern art on a par with London's Tate Modern.
- Make no mistake: they have pulled off a major coup and reconfirmed their role as the mainstay of the nation's broadcasting.
- That's really the lesson of this latest intelligence coup.
- If he's cleared, it'll be a massive publicity coup for him.
- I mean it's an extraordinary journalistic coup.
- And they comforted themselves with the knowledge that if the court had not intervened, they would have scored a major coup.
- And the first major media entity to cover it in depth will score a major coup.
- Acknowledging his lack of clothing experience, he has concentrated on getting the stores right while scoring two major coups in recruiting experts to oversee the fashion.
- A young man who scored a major coup by being elected to both local authorities having had difficulties in getting nominated.
- The merger itself was a coup of sorts.
- They pulled off a coup and the achievement should not be under-rated.
- For some it was a massive publicity coup for the county town to host such a prestigious event.
- Two of the greatest Second World War intelligence coups were achieved by the Russians.
- The actor has worked a lot recently, but he counts this role of playing his bodybuilding idol among his best-ever casting coups.
- There was a group of investors in this coup, and like all investors, what they hope to do is make a great deal of money out of their investment.
- This may prove to have been the biggest marketing coup of all.
- The company, which is developing medical treatments for a number of diseases, announced that it planned to expand its Irish facility in a major coup for Cork.
- Capturing him was a major coup for the Russians.
- His selection as President by the Supreme Court in 2000 was a presidential and judicial coup.
Synonyms
success, triumph, feat, successful manoeuvre, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, master stroke, stroke of genius
1. 2.1 An unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play.
  （打牌中）出乎意料却成功的策略
3historical (among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it.
〈史〉（北美印第安人中）触碰敌人（以示勇气）；抢先触碰敌人的物品（以示占有）
4A contusion caused by contact of the brain with the skull at the point of trauma.
Compare with contrecoup

Origin

Late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus ‘blow’ (see cope).

词汇	coup
释义	Definition of coup in English: coup nounPlural coups kuːku 1A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. 政变 he was overthrown in an army coup 他在军事政变中被推翻了。 Example sentencesExamples They claimed she was making strange demands of the budget, she claimed it was a coup d'état by radical prohibitionists who had infiltrated the organization. If there was some sort of coup, when did it take place? The country's all-powerful military, which has seized power in three coups since 1960, sees staunch secularism as a pillar of the state. Nigeria's history is tainted with the blood of its citizens in everything from civil strife to military coups to ethnic skirmishes among the country's 200-or-so tribes. There are reports coming out of that region of a possible military coup. In the last year, three general strikes called to protest against the president, protests in the streets, people killed, and one attempted coup. Independence came in 1957, and nine years later came the first military coup. It is perhaps simplest to speak of a creeping military coup. It doesn't necessarily happen all at once, or as the result of a traditional military coup d' état. I think this coup would look more like the failed 1963 effort than like 1968, and has the potential to roil the country and the region for decades. This development in turn would almost certainly provoke another military coup to prevent it from happening. There's a rumor that there's been some kind of coup or civil war there. ‘The military coup is today almost exclusively an African phenomenon’, he said. From the moment he stood on a tank in August 1991 to face down an attempted Communist coup, Yeltsin was championed by the West as Russia's great hope. Earlier this year more than 70 suspected mercenaries were arrested for their alleged plan to help carry out that coup. What drives the story are the aftershocks of this failed coup. A year ago, they came close to that goal when a general strike they organized became the pretext for a brief military coup. These months following October's bloodless coup have been eventful indeed. This was the coup d'état of his grandfather Louis XV and chancellor Maupeou against the parlements. In November he precipitated a second coup d'état. Synonyms seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change bloodless coup, palace revolution rebellion, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot French coup d'état, jacquerie German putsch 2An instance of successfully achieving something difficult. it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract 能够签订那么重要的合同是一大成功。 Example sentencesExamples Make no mistake: they have pulled off a major coup and reconfirmed their role as the mainstay of the nation's broadcasting. The company, which is developing medical treatments for a number of diseases, announced that it planned to expand its Irish facility in a major coup for Cork. If the deal is successful, it would be a major coup for the galleries, putting its collection of modern art on a par with London's Tate Modern. They pulled off a coup and the achievement should not be under-rated. His selection as President by the Supreme Court in 2000 was a presidential and judicial coup. If he's cleared, it'll be a massive publicity coup for him. This may prove to have been the biggest marketing coup of all. A young man who scored a major coup by being elected to both local authorities having had difficulties in getting nominated. For some it was a massive publicity coup for the county town to host such a prestigious event. His appointment by the school management is regarded as a major coup in the context of securing the services of a high profile sporting figure. There was a group of investors in this coup, and like all investors, what they hope to do is make a great deal of money out of their investment. The merger itself was a coup of sorts. And the first major media entity to cover it in depth will score a major coup. Acknowledging his lack of clothing experience, he has concentrated on getting the stores right while scoring two major coups in recruiting experts to oversee the fashion. The actor has worked a lot recently, but he counts this role of playing his bodybuilding idol among his best-ever casting coups. And they comforted themselves with the knowledge that if the court had not intervened, they would have scored a major coup. I mean it's an extraordinary journalistic coup. That's really the lesson of this latest intelligence coup. Capturing him was a major coup for the Russians. Two of the greatest Second World War intelligence coups were achieved by the Russians. Synonyms success, triumph, feat, successful manoeuvre, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, master stroke, stroke of genius scoop French tour de force 2.1 An unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play. （打牌中）出乎意料却成功的策略 3Billiards A direct pocketing of the cue ball, which is a foul stroke. 〔台球〕主球径自入袋 4historical (among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it. 〈史〉（北美印第安人中）触碰敌人（以示勇气）；抢先触碰敌人的物品（以示占有） Origin Late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus 'blow' (see cope¹). cope from Middle English: Nowadays to cope with something is to manage or deal with it effectively, but the word used to mean ‘to meet in battle’ or ‘to come to blows’. Its source is the Latin word colpus ‘a blow’, which is also the root of coup (Late Middle English), ‘a sudden seizure of power from a government’ often used in its French form coup d'état (mid 17th century). Coppice (Late Middle English), woodland where the trees have regularly been cut back, and its shortening copse (late 16th century) also go back to colpus, from the idea that they have been cut back with blows. Rhymes accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo Definition of coup in US English: coup nounkuko͞o 1A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. 政变 he was overthrown in an army coup 他在军事政变中被推翻了。 Example sentencesExamples This was the coup d'état of his grandfather Louis XV and chancellor Maupeou against the parlements. The country's all-powerful military, which has seized power in three coups since 1960, sees staunch secularism as a pillar of the state. I think this coup would look more like the failed 1963 effort than like 1968, and has the potential to roil the country and the region for decades. What drives the story are the aftershocks of this failed coup. This development in turn would almost certainly provoke another military coup to prevent it from happening. If there was some sort of coup, when did it take place? These months following October's bloodless coup have been eventful indeed. There's a rumor that there's been some kind of coup or civil war there. In the last year, three general strikes called to protest against the president, protests in the streets, people killed, and one attempted coup. There are reports coming out of that region of a possible military coup. In November he precipitated a second coup d'état. It doesn't necessarily happen all at once, or as the result of a traditional military coup d' état. A year ago, they came close to that goal when a general strike they organized became the pretext for a brief military coup. They claimed she was making strange demands of the budget, she claimed it was a coup d'état by radical prohibitionists who had infiltrated the organization. Independence came in 1957, and nine years later came the first military coup. Earlier this year more than 70 suspected mercenaries were arrested for their alleged plan to help carry out that coup. It is perhaps simplest to speak of a creeping military coup. From the moment he stood on a tank in August 1991 to face down an attempted Communist coup, Yeltsin was championed by the West as Russia's great hope. ‘The military coup is today almost exclusively an African phenomenon’, he said. Nigeria's history is tainted with the blood of its citizens in everything from civil strife to military coups to ethnic skirmishes among the country's 200-or-so tribes. Synonyms seizure of power, overthrow, takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change 2A notable or successful stroke or move. 妙举；成功的行动 it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract 能够签订那么重要的合同是一大成功。 Example sentencesExamples His appointment by the school management is regarded as a major coup in the context of securing the services of a high profile sporting figure. If the deal is successful, it would be a major coup for the galleries, putting its collection of modern art on a par with London's Tate Modern. Make no mistake: they have pulled off a major coup and reconfirmed their role as the mainstay of the nation's broadcasting. That's really the lesson of this latest intelligence coup. If he's cleared, it'll be a massive publicity coup for him. I mean it's an extraordinary journalistic coup. And they comforted themselves with the knowledge that if the court had not intervened, they would have scored a major coup. And the first major media entity to cover it in depth will score a major coup. Acknowledging his lack of clothing experience, he has concentrated on getting the stores right while scoring two major coups in recruiting experts to oversee the fashion. A young man who scored a major coup by being elected to both local authorities having had difficulties in getting nominated. The merger itself was a coup of sorts. They pulled off a coup and the achievement should not be under-rated. For some it was a massive publicity coup for the county town to host such a prestigious event. Two of the greatest Second World War intelligence coups were achieved by the Russians. The actor has worked a lot recently, but he counts this role of playing his bodybuilding idol among his best-ever casting coups. There was a group of investors in this coup, and like all investors, what they hope to do is make a great deal of money out of their investment. This may prove to have been the biggest marketing coup of all. The company, which is developing medical treatments for a number of diseases, announced that it planned to expand its Irish facility in a major coup for Cork. Capturing him was a major coup for the Russians. His selection as President by the Supreme Court in 2000 was a presidential and judicial coup. Synonyms success, triumph, feat, successful manoeuvre, stunt, accomplishment, achievement, attainment, stroke, master stroke, stroke of genius 2.1 An unusual or unexpected but successful tactic in card play. （打牌中）出乎意料却成功的策略 3historical (among some North American Indian peoples) an act of touching an armed enemy in battle as a deed of bravery, or an act of first touching an item of the enemy's in order to claim it. 〈史〉（北美印第安人中）触碰敌人（以示勇气）；抢先触碰敌人的物品（以示占有） 4A contusion caused by contact of the brain with the skull at the point of trauma. Compare with contrecoup Origin Late 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin colpus ‘blow’ (see cope).
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