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couped

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2 meanings of couped

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past tense and past participle of coup. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
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  2. 2
    adjective
    On a coat of arms, an animal's head or leg cut off with a clean, straight edge, not a torn one.

    Like a clean cut from scissors instead of a rough tear by hand.

    The family crest showed a couped stag's head at its center.

    A couped wolf's leg appeared on the lower part of the shield.

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couped is a form of coup

coup, verb: To take power suddenly by force, or to remove a government this way. Full entry

Forms
coupcoups he/she/itcouping -ing formcouped past tense, past participle
Spelling
coup → couped: add -ed
Sound
The ending sounds like /d/.

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Origin

From French couper, meaning "to cut."