Coup - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a brilliant and notable success
Extra examples
It was a major coup when they got the Vice President to appear on their show for an interview.
...winning that big contract was a real coup...
A master coup, which decides the game.
Haiti's first elected president was deposed in a violent military coup.
He evaded capture after the failed coup.
Beating Arsenal was a major coup for the club.
After the coup the President was compeled to leave the country.
...rumors persisted that CIA assets were behind the coup d'état...
...a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup...
They took control of the government in a bloodless coup.
The army thwarted the attempt at a coup.
The army played a leading role in organizing the attempted coup.
The failed coup caused a loss of morale within the army.
They seized power in a military coup.
He assumed power in a bloody coup in 1990.
Word forms
singular: coup
plural: coups
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