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Definition of cock-a-hoop in English: cock-a-hoopadjective Extremely and obviously pleased, especially about an achievement. （尤指获胜或成功的时候）得意洋洋的 the team is cock-a-hoop at winning its first game of the season Example sentencesExamples - We're just cock-a-hoop here and Birmingham reaped the dividends on Wednesday, which didn't surprise me.
- If it is not, then many MEPs will be cock-a-hoop.
- Students were cock-a-hoop as they collected their results allowing them to go on to study for A-levels or take their first steps into employment.
- Organisers of the celebrations are cock-a-hoop at news that the guitarist will open an architecture festival in the city next month.
- In contrast, the candidate's supporters were cock-a-hoop.
- The software giant is cock-a-hoop with the decision of the PC assemblers to pre-install their operating system.
- Naturally the tech giant is cock-a-hoop at the prediction.
- No wonder the players were all cock-a-hoop in the dressing room after the game.
- I think there has been a real improvement in then quality of teaching over the last ten years and we are cock-a-hoop.
- Villagers were cock-a-hoop today after the Army stepped in to save a new village hall that has stood empty for 14 years.
- I'm cock-a-hoop because it basically means the Premiership teams have embarrassed themselves and that can only be a good thing.
- Every politician likes to be associated with good news and he was cock-a-hoop.
- He himself is cock-a-hoop, as you can imagine.
- After the game he said the players ‘were cock-a-hoop but soon brought back down to earth again by what's going to happen’.
- Jack's cock-a-hoop to be abroad again, though.
- In summary then, you could say that I wasn't exactly cock-a-hoop when the summer holidays ended and the new school year began.
- The company is cock-a-hoop at its performance, especially in light of the difficult trading conditions.
- Why are the workers not entirely cock-a-hoop about the plans?
- ‘Don't be too cock-a-hoop,’ he told Labour's enemies at the height of the party's crisis.
- Far from being worried, I suspect Sir David is cock-a-hoop at the comparison.
Synonyms cheerful, happy, jolly, merry, bright, sunny, joyous, light-hearted, in good spirits, in high spirits, sparkling, bubbly, effervescent, exuberant, ebullient, breezy, airy, cheery, sprightly, jaunty, smiling, grinning, beaming, laughing, mirthful, radiant
OriginMid 17th century: from the phrase set cock a hoop, of unknown origin, apparently denoting the action of turning on the tap and allowing liquor to flow (prior to a drinking session). Rhymesbloop, coop, croup, droop, drupe, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop Definition of cock-a-hoop in US English: cock-a-hoopadjectiveˌkɑkəˈhupˌkäkəˈho͞op predicative Extremely and obviously pleased, especially about a triumph or success. （尤指获胜或成功的时候）得意洋洋的 Example sentencesExamples - In contrast, the candidate's supporters were cock-a-hoop.
- Why are the workers not entirely cock-a-hoop about the plans?
- We're just cock-a-hoop here and Birmingham reaped the dividends on Wednesday, which didn't surprise me.
- I'm cock-a-hoop because it basically means the Premiership teams have embarrassed themselves and that can only be a good thing.
- Naturally the tech giant is cock-a-hoop at the prediction.
- Every politician likes to be associated with good news and he was cock-a-hoop.
- Villagers were cock-a-hoop today after the Army stepped in to save a new village hall that has stood empty for 14 years.
- Far from being worried, I suspect Sir David is cock-a-hoop at the comparison.
- I think there has been a real improvement in then quality of teaching over the last ten years and we are cock-a-hoop.
- If it is not, then many MEPs will be cock-a-hoop.
- Students were cock-a-hoop as they collected their results allowing them to go on to study for A-levels or take their first steps into employment.
- The company is cock-a-hoop at its performance, especially in light of the difficult trading conditions.
- After the game he said the players ‘were cock-a-hoop but soon brought back down to earth again by what's going to happen’.
- He himself is cock-a-hoop, as you can imagine.
- Jack's cock-a-hoop to be abroad again, though.
- The software giant is cock-a-hoop with the decision of the PC assemblers to pre-install their operating system.
- Organisers of the celebrations are cock-a-hoop at news that the guitarist will open an architecture festival in the city next month.
- ‘Don't be too cock-a-hoop,’ he told Labour's enemies at the height of the party's crisis.
- No wonder the players were all cock-a-hoop in the dressing room after the game.
- In summary then, you could say that I wasn't exactly cock-a-hoop when the summer holidays ended and the new school year began.
Synonyms cheerful, happy, jolly, merry, bright, sunny, joyous, light-hearted, in good spirits, in high spirits, sparkling, bubbly, effervescent, exuberant, ebullient, breezy, airy, cheery, sprightly, jaunty, smiling, grinning, beaming, laughing, mirthful, radiant
OriginMid 17th century: from the phrase set cock a hoop, of unknown origin, apparently denoting the action of turning on the tap and allowing liquor to flow (prior to a drinking session). |