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cock-a-hoop

[ kok-uh-hoop, -hoop, kok-uh-hoop, -hoop ]

adjective

  1. in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated:

    He was cock-a-hoop over his victory.

  2. askew; out of kilter:

    He knocked his hat cock-a-hoop.



cock-a-hoop

adjective

  1. in very high spirits
  2. boastful
  3. askew; confused
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cock-a-hoop1

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cock-a-hoop1

C16: perhaps from the phrase to set the cock a hoop to live prodigally, literally: to put a cock on a hoop, a full measure of grain
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Example Sentences

And while I speak of this, it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock-a-hoop courage of thine.

She said now that she was convinced that her "dear Richard" was perfectly right, and the General was "cock-a-hoop" accordingly.

All cock-a-hoop for it,” struck in Cattledon: “as the housemaids are.

I said that his excellency should find me more cock-a-hoop with Shakespeare than with myself.

Ever shallow, hasty, and positive, he went home quite cock-a-hoop.

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