cock-a-hoop

[ kok-uh-hoop, -hoop, kok-uh-hoop, -hoop ]

/ ˌkɒk əˈhup, -ˈhʊp, ˈkɒk əˌhup, -ˌhʊp /

adjective

in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated: He was cock-a-hoop over his victory.

askew; out of kilter: He knocked his hat cock-a-hoop.

Origin of cock-a-hoop

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Words nearby cock-a-hoop

cocinero, cock, cockabully, cockade, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-hoop, Cockaigne, cock-a-leekie, cockalorum, cockamamie, cock-and-bull story

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Example sentences from the Web for cock-a-hoop

And while I speak of this, it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock-a-hoop courage of thine.
Red Gauntlet|Sir Walter Scott
John of Skye is cock-a-hoop upon the occasion, and I suppose has made fifty blunders about it by this time.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6|John Gibson Lockhart
Cock-a-hoop with your new commission, before the ink is dry.
Frank Mildmay|Captain Frederick Marryat
And the house was full of women; and they seemed, somehow, all cock-a-hoop, and filled with admiration of him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866|Various

All cock-a-hoop for it,” struck in Cattledon: “as the housemaids are.
Johnny Ludlow, Third Series|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for cock-a-hoop

cock-a-hoop

adjective (usually postpositive)

in very high spirits

boastful

askew; confused

Word Origin for cock-a-hoop

C16: perhaps from the phrase to set the cock a hoop to live prodigally, literally: to put a cock on a hoop, a full measure of grain

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	cock-a-hoop
释义	cock-a-hoop [ kok-uh-hoop, -hoop, kok-uh-hoop, -hoop ] / ˌkɒk əˈhup, -ˈhʊp, ˈkɒk əˌhup, -ˌhʊp / adjective in a state of unrestrained joy or exultation; boastfully elated: He was cock-a-hoop over his victory. askew; out of kilter: He knocked his hat cock-a-hoop. Origin of cock-a-hoop First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain Words nearby cock-a-hoop cocinero, cock, cockabully, cockade, cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-hoop, Cockaigne, cock-a-leekie, cockalorum, cockamamie, cock-and-bull story Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cock-a-hoop And while I speak of this, it is not much amiss to advise thee to correct a little this cock-a-hoop courage of thine. Red Gauntlet\|Sir Walter Scott John of Skye is cock-a-hoop upon the occasion, and I suppose has made fifty blunders about it by this time. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6\|John Gibson Lockhart Cock-a-hoop with your new commission, before the ink is dry. Frank Mildmay\|Captain Frederick Marryat And the house was full of women; and they seemed, somehow, all cock-a-hoop, and filled with admiration of him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866\|Various All cock-a-hoop for it,” struck in Cattledon: “as the housemaids are. Johnny Ludlow, Third Series\|Mrs. Henry Wood British Dictionary definitions for cock-a-hoop cock-a-hoop adjective (usually postpositive) in very high spirits boastful askew; confused Word Origin for cock-a-hoop C16: perhaps from the phrase to set the cock a hoop to live prodigally, literally: to put a cock on a hoop, a full measure of grain Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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