Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 27 compound words that contain coup. The most common are listed below. Open coup in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- coup d'étatThe sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
- coup de grâceA final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
- palace coupA (usually non-violent) coup d'état carried out by people who were already part of the group in power before the coup.
- coup de forceA sudden, violent act.
- self-coupA coup d'état in which a lawfully elected head of state seizes power from the other branches of government.
- Coup BeltA region including the Sahel, West Africa and Central Africa, which has a high prevalence of coups d'état.
- coup d'etatAlternative form of coup d'état: The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
- coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.
- coup de théâtreA sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.
- soft coupThe legal removal of a national leader, amounting to a coup, but carried out without military force.
- count coupTo 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.
- coup de mainA sudden development or action carried out to surprise an enemy.
- coup d'œilAlternative spelling of coup d'oeil: A glimpse, a glance; the ability, especially of a military officer, to understand much at a glance.
- en coup de sabreOf a subtype of localised scleroderma, having a linear, atrophic depression on the frontoparietal scalp.
- Bath coupA coup where the declarer, holding AJx in a suit, ducks the left-hand opponent's lead of a king or queen.
- counting couppresent participle and gerund of count coup
- coup stickA stick for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.
- Vienna coupAn unblocking technique in contract bridge made in preparation for a squeeze play.
- coup de theatreAlternative spelling of coup de théâtre: A sudden or unexpected event in a play, pulled off by the author, the director, or even an actor.
- coup-de-graceAlternative spelling of coup de grâce: A final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal.
- coup de tatMisspelling of coup d'état: The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
- coup de maitreA masterstroke.
- coup d'etatsplural of coup d'etat: The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
- coup d'oeilA glimpse, a glance; the ability, especially of a military officer, to understand much at a glance.
- coup d'étatsplural of coup d'état: The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.
Compound words 27
- coupistOne who takes part in a coup d'état.
- autocoupA coup d'état in which a nation's leader, despite having come to power through legal means, dissolves or renders powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assumes extraordinary powers.
- coupismThe advocacy or favoring of a coup d'état within a government or the enforcement of the political power of a minority by means of the military.
- anticoupOpposing a coup.
- coupmakingThe execution of a political coup.
- coupstickA stick or switch used among some Native Americans for making or counting a coup.
- postcoupAfter a coup.
- precoupBefore a coup.
- couponsplural of coupon: A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
- couplesplural of couple: Two of the same kind connected or considered together.