Meaning
A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
Reborrowed in modern times from modern French coup (“blow, strike”), from Old French coup, colp, from Late Latin colpus, from Latin colaphus. Doublet of cope and colpus. The same Old French word had been borrowed into Middle English as coupe, caupe (with different pronunciation).
Synonyms & Antonyms
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 3 recorded puzzles: