counted coup
counted coup is the simple past and past participle of count coup.
Meaning of count coup
Verb
count coup (third-person singular simple present counts coup, present participle counting coup, simple past and past participle counted coup)
- 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.
- dǐ ki, v. t., to strike, to whip, to "count coup."[1873, Washington Matthews, “dǐ ki”, in Grammar and Dictionary of the Language of the Hidatsa (Minnetarees, Grosventres of the Missouri). With an Introductory Sketch of the Tribe (Shea’s Library of...
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- Counted coup is the simple past and past participle of count coup.
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