coup de savate
/kuː də səˈvɑːt/
coup de savate noun: a kick with the flat of the foot.
Noun
coup de savate (plural coups de savate)
- a kick with the flat of the foot
- Europe, by a back-handed slap on Contenson's cheek, sent him sprawling to measure his length on the carpet, and with all the more effect because at the same time she caught his leg with the sharp kick known to those who practise the art as a coup de savate.1901, Honoré de Balzac, Scenes from a Courtesan's Life, Avil Publishing Company, page 169
- And for twenty seconds, while the crowd milled slowly through the narrow exit, he was as near to betraying himself as he had ever been nearer, for he had marked down the point on Roddy's jaw where his first blow would fall, and just where to plant a coup-de-savate most surely to incapacitate the...1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter II, in The Lone Wolf, A. L. Burt Company, pages 19-20
Forms of coup de savate
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Origin of coup de savate
From French coup de savate (literally “strike of the old shoe”).
Words that rhyme with coup de savate
Questions about coup de savate
- What does coup de savate mean?
- Coup de savate means a kick with the flat of the foot.
- What part of speech is coup de savate?
- Coup de savate is a noun.
- How do you pronounce coup de savate?
- Coup de savate is pronounced /kuː də səˈvɑːt/.
- What is the plural of coup de savate?
- The plural of coup de savate is coups de savate.
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