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Webster 1913 Edition
cock-a-hoop
cockˊ-a-hoop′
,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)
- 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.
- 2008, Lucy Cavendish, The Guardian, G2, 9th January 2008, p. 3: