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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
putsch /pʊtʃ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Governmenta sudden political revolt or uprising.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017
putsch  (pŏŏch),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Governmenta plotted revolt or attempt to overthrow a government, esp. one that depends upon suddenness and speed.
  • German Putsch, origin, originally Swiss German: literally, violent blow, clash, shock; introduced in sense "coup'' in standard German through Swiss popular uprisings of the 1830s, esp. the Zurich revolt of Sept. 1839
  • 1915–20


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

putsch /pʊtʃ/ n
  1. a violent and sudden uprising; political revolt, esp a coup d'état
Etymology: 20th Century: from German: from Swiss German: a push, of imitative origin



'putsch' also found in these entries:
putschist - revolt
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