cock-a-hoop (kok-uh-HOOP) adjective
1. Being elated or exulting, especially in a boastful manner.
2. Askew.
[Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the phrase to set cock on a hoop (to be festive).]
"Randy Atkinson and Shawn Ewing, the Vancouver Pride Society's co-chairs, were all cock-a-hoop when the 25-year-old organization's ninth annual gala dinner sold out at the Coast Plaza hotel Sunday." Malcolm Parry; Pride Society Dinner Humbles Debt; Vancouver Sun (Canada); Jun 17, 2003. "The Blues come to Newlands this week cock-a-hoop while the Stormers dressing-room had a funereal look ..." Stormers' Monday Blues; Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa); Apr 14, 2003.
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