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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| cock-a-hoop |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k k  -h p , -h p |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Being in a state of boastful elation or exultation. 2. Being askew. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | From the phrase to set cock on hoop, to drink festively. |
| OTHER FORMS: | cock-a-hoop —ADVERB |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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