"cock-a-hoop" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more cock-a-hoop [comparative], most cock-a-hoop [superlative]
Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-adj}} cock-a-hoop (comparative more cock-a-hoop, superlative most cock-a-hoop)
  1. Exultant, very happy, triumphant. Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (Exultant, very happy, triumphant.): ликуващ (likuvašt) (Bulgarian), тържествуващ (tǎržestvuvašt) (Bulgarian)

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