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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; origin uncertain
1520–30; origin uncertain
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Cock-a-hoop
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| cock-a-hoop | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | in very high spirits |
| 2. | boastful |
| 3. | askew; confused |
| [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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