count coup

English

Verb

count coup (third-person singular simple present counts coup, present participle counting coup, simple past and past participle counted coup)

  1. (intransitive, historical) To win prestige in battle by performing an act of bravery in the face of the enemy (such as touching him and escaping unharmed) — a ritual of the Plains Indians of North America.
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