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Cock-a-hoop   Listen
adjective
cock-a-hoop  adj.  Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
Synonyms: boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, crowing, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious.





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"Cock-a-hoop" Quotes from Famous Books



... thirty left—and my own Sepoys mostly skeletons. And we haven't proved ourselves against the Nawab's troops; I suppose they outnumber us thirty to one, and after their success at Calcutta they'll be very cock-a-hoop. Yet 'tis so easy to sink a few ships, especially if preparations have been made long in advance, as appears to ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang


Words linked to "Cock-a-hoop" :   crowing, self-aggrandising, proud, braggart, boastful, big, bragging, self-aggrandizing, braggy


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