coupe
1 Americannoun
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ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.
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a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.
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any rimless plate.
noun
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a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.
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the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.
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Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other.
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(in Continental heraldry) party per fess.
noun
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Also called: fixed-head coupé. a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doors Compare drophead coupé
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a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver
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an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only
noun
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a dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet
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a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert
Etymology
Origin of coupe1
First recorded in 1880–85; coupé
Origin of coupe2
1375–1425 for earlier senses “wicker basket, tub, cask”; 1890–95 for current senses; Middle English < Anglo-French co ( u ) pe, Old French coupe < Late Latin cuppa, Latin cūpa cask, tub, barrel; cup
Origin of coupé3
1825–35; < French coupé ( coupé in defs. 1, 2 short for carrosse coupé “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coup coup 1; cope 1
Example Sentences
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His Chevrolet coupe, which he bought only a year ago, burned up in the flames.
From Los Angeles Times
By the end of the 1990s it was more commonly served in a coupe and broadly known as an Espresso Martini.
From Salon
“We talked about it the last coupe days and watched some film on it - as hard as it was.”
From Washington Times
The suitability of an auto insurance policy becomes even more difficult if you decide that you want to insure a sporty or expensive automobile like an Infiniti G35 coupe.
From Encyclopedia.com
Yes, your dessert may look like a rock-hard citrus in a coupe, but nudge it open and you might find threads of verbena that push you to reconsider what a lemon ought to taste like.
From New York Times
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