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De - Pt| English Dictionary: coup de main | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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d8Coup \[d8]Coup\ (k??), n. [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. {Coup de grace} (k[?][?]" de gr[?]s") [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. {Coup de main} (k[?][?]` d[eit] m[?]n`) [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. {Coup de soleil} (k[?][?]` d s[?]-l[?]l [or] -l[?]"y') [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See {Sunstroke}. {Coup d'[82]tat} (k[?][?]" d[?]-t[?]") [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. {Coup d'[d2]il} (k[oomac]` d[etil]l"). [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc. | |
