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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.
Definition: Very pleased and boastful. Origin of Cock-a-Hoop. 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.
The meaning of COCK-A-HOOP is triumphantly pleased or boastful : happily exulting. How to use cock-a-hoop in a sentence.
In a state of exuberant elation. What's the origin of the phrase 'Cock-a-hoop'? First, a health warning. If you are hoping to find a straightforward explanation of the origin of the term ‘cock-a-hoop’ here you will be disappointed. The expression has one of the most Byzantine etymologies of all the phrases in English.
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.
Extremely and obviously pleased, especially about a triumph or success; the expression dates from the mid 17th century, and comes from the phrase set cock a hoop, of unknown origin, apparently denoting the action of turning on the tap and allowing liquor to flow (prior to a drinking session).
cock-a-hoop meaning, definition, what is cock-a-hoop: pleased and excited about something, esp...: Learn more.
