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cock-a-hoop

cock-a-hoop \cock`-a-hoop"\, a. Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Syn: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.

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cock-a-hoop

a. exultant, very happy, triumphant.

WordNet
cock-a-hoop

adj. exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]

Usage examples of "cock-a-hoop".

Liverpool he showed none of it, rollicking along unperturbed, cock-a-hoop.

And the question which occurs to me, my young cock-a-hoop, is whether you have any hope of swaying the support of the substates of Coramonde.