cock-a-hoop

See also: cockahoop

English

Etymology

Unknown

Adjective

cock-a-hoop (comparative more cock-a-hoop, superlative most cock-a-hoop)

1. 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.

Translations

Exultant, very happy, triumphant.

• Bulgarian: ликуващ (bg) (likuvašt), тържествуващ (bg) (tǎržestvuvašt)