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cock-a-hoop

  [kok-uh-hoop, -hoop, kok-uh-hoop, -hoop]
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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; orig. uncert.
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cock-a-hoop   (kŏk'ə-hōōp', -hŏŏp')   
adj.  

  1. Being in a state of boastful elation or exultation.

  2. Being askew.


[From the phrase to set cock on hoop, to drink festively.]
cock'-a-hoop' adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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