Definition of cock-a-hoop
chiefly British
: triumphantly pleased or boastful : happily exulting
Are agents and builders cock-a-hoop that more money is coming into the housing market through building societies and local authorities?— Audrey Powell
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The first known use of cock-a-hoop was in 1564
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