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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.

Origin:
1520–30; orig. uncert.
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