|käkə|hüp, -hu̇p adjective
Etymology: perhaps from cock (I) (male fowl) + a (III) + hoop (measure of grain); from the phrase to set the cock a hoop, to live extravagantly, literally, to put the cock on the (full) measure of grain
1.
a. : elated and exulting especially with abandon : triumphantly boastful
exaggeratedly cock-a-hoop and strutting deportment — R.H.Rovere
cock-a-hoop with success
b. : in buoyant spirits : lively
the cat … just went off into the bush and probably ate something, for he came back in a few days quite cock-a-hoop and as ready to eat snakes as ever — R.A.W.Hughes
2. : awry , cockeyed
porch askew, chimneys all cock-a-hoop — Kenneth Roberts
knock an argument cock-a-hoop