What is the meaning of COUP. Phrases containing COUP
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n.
The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.
n.
Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
imp. & p. p.
of Couple
n.
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close.
v. t.
The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
n.
Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
a.
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
n.
That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Couple
a.
That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
n.
A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
pl.
of Couple-close
a.
See Couple-close.
n.
A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.
v. t.
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
v. t.
To couple; to join with another.
n.
One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars.
n.
Union; combination; a coupling; a pair.
n.
A kind of song of a lively character, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.
n.
A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.
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