coup
Phonetic
US /kuː/UK /kuː/
Translations
NOUNA quick, brilliant, and highly successful act., A blow against an enemy delivered in a way that shows bravery., A coup d'état., A takeover of one group by another., A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir., One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.
VERBTo make a coup.
Variants
- coups: Third Person Singular, Plural
- couping: Present Participle
- couped: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
On February 1st the junta formally extended the state of emergency that it imposed after the coup
Source:www.economist.com
In 1884, Japan had encouraged a coup in the Kingdom of Korea by a pro-Japanese reformist faction, which led to the conservative government calling upon China for help, leading to a clash between Chinese and Japanese soldiers in Seoul.[
Source:en.wikipedia.org
Prigozhin’s strange aborted coup is a sign of Russia’s malaise
Source:www.economist.com
Beijing is known to have a close relationship with Myanmar's junta, the country's military government that seized power in a coup in 2021.
Source:www.bbc.com
coup d'état
Source:en.wikipedia.org
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