COCK­A-HOOP


Meaning of COCK­A-HOOP in English

adj. & adv.

adj. exultant; crowing boastfully.

adv. exultantly.

[ 16th c.: orig. in phr. set cock a hoop denoting some action preliminary to hard drinking ]

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