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- Dictionarycock-a-hoop/ˌkɒkəˈhuːp/
adjective
- 1. extremely and obviously pleased, especially about an achievement: "the team is cock-a-hoop at winning its first game of the season"
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extremely happy and excited about something: Graeme was cock-a-hoop when Scotland won the championship. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Excited, interested and enthusiastic. abubble. aflutter. agog. all of a flutter idiom. amped. entranced. evangelical. evangelistically. excited. go ahead.
The meaning of COCK-A-HOOP is triumphantly pleased or boastful : happily exulting. How to use cock-a-hoop in a sentence.
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This expression first appeared around the 1600s and is more common in British English than in American English. The exact origin is unknown. However, some sources speculate that it relates to turning a tap to allow liquor to flow. In this interpretation, cock is synonymous with spigot and hoop with keg. This theory seems plausible because there wer...
In this example, a woman is talking about an excellent day that she had over the weekend. Neha: I have wonderful news! Tyrese: What happened? Neha: Well, I’ve been dating Roger for four years now, and he finally popped the question! Tyrese: He proposed? Neha: He did! And I said yes, of course. Everyone thought he would eventually dump me and get ba...
This example is about a sports team that will be in high spirits. 1. The Lions in particular will be cock-a-hoop ahead of their clash after smashing title fancies Doncaster Phoenix in South Yorkshire 30-11 last Saturday. –Peterborough Telegraph This excerpt is from an article about an art forger. 1. He was wrong: at auction, Greenhalgh’s Degas fetc...
The phrase cock-a-hoop is another way to say overjoyed or in high spiritsand also has a connotation of being smug or proud.
Cock-a-hoop definition: in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated. See examples of COCK-A-HOOP used in a sentence.
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. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
cock-a-hoop (about/at/over something) very pleased and excited, especially about achieving something. They’re all cock-a-hoop about winning the first game of the season.
Definitions of cock-a-hoop. adjective. exhibiting self-importance. synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing. proud. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride.
