Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coup stick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: coup -stick
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.

Example Sentences

"Then the lot of them rode him down for sport, striking him with their coup sticks."

Inflected Forms

coup sticks (plural)

Questions

What does coup stick mean?: A stick used by the Plains Indians of North America for touching the enemy in battle in order to count coup.

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