coup

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Noun

1. A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
2. Of Native Americans, a blow against an enemy delivered in a way that demonstrates bravery.
3. A coup d'état.
4. A takeover of one group by another.
5. A single roll of the wheel at roulette, or a deal in rouge et noir.
6. One of various named strategies employed by the declarer to win more tricks, such as the Bath coup.

Verb

1. To execute a coup.
2. To subject (a nation) to a coup d'état.
3. To empty out, overturn, or tilt, such as from a cart or wheelbarrow.

Verb

1. To exchange, barter.

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