Coup: alternatives and connections

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness.

lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produce…

To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.

In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stro…

A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its co…

Marked by promptness and decision.

The state of being early or forward; promptness.

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; a…

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural ap…

Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterp…

Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]