Meanings
comparative more cock-a-hoop · superlative most cock-a-hoop
- Exultant, very happy, triumphant.
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.
2008, Lucy Cavendish, The Guardian, G2, 9th January 2008, p. 3Synonyms: euphoric, joyous, air-headed, blissed out, blissful, enrapt, rapt, delighted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExultant, very happy, triumphant.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexhibiting self-importance
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian ликуващ, тържествуващ
- ликуващ (likuvašt)exultant, very happy, triumphant
- тържествуващ (tăržestvuvašt)exultant, very happy, triumphant
Irish lúcháireach
- lúcháireachexultant, very happy, triumphant
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