cock-a-hoop

adjective

ˌkä-kə-ˈhüp 

-ˈhu̇p

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

Synonyms

• crank [chiefly dialect]
• crowing
• exultant
• exulting
• glorying
• jubilant
• prideful
• proud
• rejoicing
• triumphant

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase to set cock a hoop to be festive

First Known Use

1564, in the meaning defined above

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