Cock-a-hoop
Origin
Origin uncertain.
Full definition of cock-a-hoop
Adjective
cock-a-hoop
- Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
- 2008, Lucy Cavendish, The Guardian, G2, 9th January 2008, p. 3:I have to say I felt pretty cock-a-hoop straight after my epidural but, some hours later, my head felt as though someone large and heavy had been sitting on it.