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Webster 1913 Edition


cock-a-hoop

cockˊ-a-hoop′

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Adj.
Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Syn. – boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.

Definition 2024


cock-a-hoop

cock-a-hoop

See also: cockahoop

English

Adjective

cock-a-hoop (comparative more cock-a-hoop, superlative most cock-a-hoop)

  1. Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
    • 2008, Lucy Cavendish, The Guardian, G2, 9th January 2008, p. 3:
      I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.