count coup (English, verb)
expansion: count coup (third-person singular simple present counts coup, present participle counting coup, simple past and past participle counted coup)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: US
historical
intransitive
Forms:
form: counts coup
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: counting coup
tags: participle
present
form: counted coup
tags: participle
past
form: counted coup
tags: past